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prepotency

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This has also been enforced by statements as to the prepotency of certain pollen of identical species, but of distinct races.

There is no factor in breeding of more importance than prepotency, and none which is more difficult to estimate.

We have now to consider the bearing of what is called "prepotency" on the theory of physiological selection.

Thus, we necessarily select the only trait really worth while; that is prepotency or the ability to beget desirable qualities.

But this epoch of Ghibelline prepotency in Tuscany was brief.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prepotency, such as: ascendance, ascendancy, authority, command, control, and domination.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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