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codominant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/ (UK)

Etymology

From co- + dominant.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Equally dominant.
    • codominant species in a region
  2. (not-comparable) Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant.
    • A and B are ‘co-dominant’ versions of the same gene, O being the ‘recessive’ form of it. 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 137:

Forms

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Translations (5)

ro codominant (equally dominant) · fi kodominantti (equally dominant) · de kodominant (equally dominant) · sv kodominant (equally dominant) · fi yhteisvallitseva (equally dominant)

codominant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/ (UK)

Etymology

From co- + dominant.

Meanings

  1. A species or organism that jointly dominates a region.
    • Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand. 1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station:

Forms

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co-dominant alternative lexicographic