noun
- Music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale. (
- An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different.
- synonyms: dominant allele
adjective
- Exercising influence or control.
- usage: "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
- Of genes. ( producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar)
- Most frequent or common.
- usage: "prevailing winds"
- synonyms: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, rife
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