優ゆう性せい

noun

dominance

Used in genetics to describe the relationship between alleles where one masks the effect of the other.

• メンデルの法ほう則そくでは、優ゆう性せいの形けい質しつが現あらわれやすい。

  In Mendel's laws, dominant traits tend to appear.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

dominant

Attributive use, typically modifying a noun to indicate a dominant allele or trait.

• 優ゆう性せい遺い伝でん子しは、劣れっ性せい遺い伝でん子しよりも強つよく発はつ現げんする。

  Dominant genes are expressed more strongly than recessive genes.