What is the capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring called?
prepotency — (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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