dominant : Idioms & Phrases

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autosomal dominant disease

  • noun a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
    autosomal dominant disease.
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autosomal dominant disorder

  • noun a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
    autosomal dominant disease.
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dominant allele

  • noun an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
    dominant.
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Dominant chord

  • (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.
Webster 1913

Dominant estate ∨ tenement

  • (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict.
Webster 1913

dominant gene

  • noun gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical
    • the dominant gene for brown eyes
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Dominant owner

  • (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another.
Webster 1913

x-linked dominant inheritance

  • noun hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring
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