Category: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.