noun
Used in genetics to describe the relationship between alleles where one masks the effect of the other.
メンデルの法則では、優性の形質が現れやすい。
In Mendel's laws, dominant traits tend to appear.
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Attributive use, typically modifying a noun to indicate a dominant allele or trait.
優性遺伝子は、劣性遺伝子よりも強く発現する。
Dominant genes are expressed more strongly than recessive genes.