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codominant
[ koh-dom-uh-nuhnt ]
adjective
- Ecology. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community:
a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
- Genetics. of or relating to two different alleles that are fully expressed in a heterozygous individual.
codominant
/ kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt /
adjective
- genetics (of genes) having both alleles expressed equally in the phenotype of the organism
codominant
/ kō-dŏm′ə-nənt /
- Relating to two alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote that are both fully expressed. When alleles for both white and red are present in a carnation, for example, the result is a pink carnation since both alleles are codominant.
- Being one of two or more of the most common or important species in an ecological community. Like a dominant species, codominant species often influence the presence and type of other species in the community.
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Derived Forms
- coˈdominance, noun
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Other Words From
- co·dom·i·nance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of codominant1
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Example Sentences
Purshia tridentata (bitterbrush) is the understory codominant.
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Grasses are dominant in the ground cover, and Sphaeralcea coccinea (globe mallow) is codominant.
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Quercus gambelii and Amelanchier utahensis were the codominant shrubs.
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The codominant shrubs in the understory of this zone are Amelanchier utahensis, Artemisia nova and Purshia tridentata.
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The dominant and codominant plants in the overstory (trees or shrubs) were noted at each station.
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