codominant

codominant
I. \\“+\ adjective
Etymology: co- + dominant
1. of trees : forming part of the main canopy of a forest — compare dominant
2. of kinds of organisms : sharing in the controlling influence of a biotic community : present in equal and highest frequency with some other kind of organism

a forest in which spruce and fir are codominant

II. noun (-s)
: a codominant individual or kind of organism; especially : a codominant plant
III. adjective
: being fully expressed in the heterozygous condition

codominant alleles

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/koh dom"euh neuhnt/, adj.
1. Ecol. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community: a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
2. Genetics. of or pertaining to two different alleles that are fully expressed in a heterozygous individual.
[1895-1900; CO- + DOMINANT]

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codominant /kō-domˈi-nənt/
adjective
1. (of a pair of alleles) expressing themselves equally in heterozygotes (genetics)
2. (of two or more species) sharing domination of an area (ecology)
ORIGIN: co- and ↑dominant

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