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prepotency

N ความสามารถ ของ พ่อแม่ ใน การ ถ่ายทอด ลักษณะ กรรมพันธุ์

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREPOTENCY

n.[L. proepotentia; proe and potentia, power. ] Superior power; predominance. [Little used. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREPOTENCY

Pre *po "ten *cy, n. Etym: [L. praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence.]

1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: 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.