dominance

  1. Noun.  The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
  2. Noun.  Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
  3. Noun.  The superior development or preference for one side of the body or of one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
  4. Noun.  The property of a gene such that it supresses the expression of its allele.

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