prepotency

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The hierarchy is not arranged from least noble to most noble, but instead is a hierarchy of prepotency.

From Scientific American

The chromosomes transmit the physical bases of heredity from one generation to the next, and the heritages from the two parents are equal except in cases of prepotency.

From Project Gutenberg

In artificial conditions, this in-breeding often results in the development of what is called prepotency.

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Can you doubt, after duly considering the facts of prepotency on the one hand and those of Jordan's physiological varieties on the other, that cross-infertility does arise before or during the specific differentiation?

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Another case showing the strong prepotency of the Manx cat.

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