n noun Genetics.
the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the state or condition of being prepotent |
| 2. | genetics the ability of one parent to transmit more characteristics to its offspring than the other parent |
| 3. | botany the ability of pollen from one source to bring about fertilization more readily than that from other sources |
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Prepotency
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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