Vocabulary Word
Word: dominant
Definition: exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive
Definition: exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive
Sentences Containing 'dominant'
The untrained ear is not conscious of overtones and recognizes only the strong dominant fundamental.
But if the conferva or parasitic fungus exceeds its allies in the above respects, it will then be dominant within its own class.
Thus the larger genera tend to become larger; and throughout nature the forms of life which are now dominant tend to become still more dominant by leaving many modified and dominant descendants.
But as all groups cannot thus go on increasing in size, for the world would not hold them, the more dominant groups beat the less dominant.
The tormenting humour which was dominant there stopped them both.
Dominant white is, as the name implies, a genetically dominant color.
At least one parent must be dominant white and it does not "skip" generations because it is not recessive.
Dominant white is rare, but has occurred in many breeds.
No horse has been identified as homozygous dominant white, and researchers have suggested that at least some forms of dominant white results in nonviable embryos in the homozygous state.
Dominant white horses typically have white noses that can be subject to sunburn.
They are homozygous for the dominant "SB1" allele at the "Sabino 1" locus, which has been mapped to "KIT".
In the canyons areas, encenillo tree and tibouchina are the dominant species.
Because the facility would have been built over the tracks, one of the dominant features would have been a grand staircase.
His obituary in "The Guardian" described him as "the dominant cartoonist of the western world".
Within his cultural research, Cosgrove differentiated between dominant cultures and alternative cultures.
The dominant culture has the most influence in shaping a landscape.
Most of what you see, he claimed, is likely to be a product of the dominant culture in a region.
The dominant players tend to be the national ccTLD and .com.
Flutes are dominant in much of the songs, as four members of the band played that instrument.
Genotype Z of H5N1 is now the dominant genotype of H5N1.
It is a dominant of the city and a national cultural monument.
These mutations can be inherited from one parent, autosomal dominant, or from both parents, autosomal dominant.
Material culture has not differed from the dominant society except in dress.
Alabama was not quite as dominant in 1976 as it had been the previous five years.
The reason for this was the rise of Holland as the dominant part of the Netherlands and its language, Dutch, as the dominant language in judicial, administrative and religious affairs.
Ahmadis are a minority with dominant majority of other Islamic sects.
The dominant tree species is the ponderosa pine.
He is not at all a dominant man or a patriarch.
Autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive forms of the disease have been reported.
Curlers from outside of Scotland have been dominant in this bonspiel.
In cattle, the polled allele is genetically dominant to that for horns.
In sheep, the allele for horns in both sexes is partially dominant to that for being polled in both sexes, and both of these are dominant to that for polling in the female only.
The relations and projects play a dominant role.
Sail systems were the dominant form of propulsion until the 19th century.
They would remain the dominant Test nation for the rest of the decade.
During the Classic period the dominant Civilization was the Maya.
Birch is the most dominant plant in the region, and in places is quite tall.
Rococo, a decadent form, replaced baroque as the dominant style.
The dominant wind direction usually has the bigger force and speed.
The arms industry was dominant in the Yugoslavian economy.
Most genetic studies agree on an autosomal dominant model of inheritance.
Below Great Plains grassland and steppe vegetation is dominant.
It is the dominant ethnolect of Persian spoken by the Aymāq people.
However the identity of the dominant species differs between sites.
It starts in the dominant major but concludes in the dominant minor, setting up a bright contrast with the closing refrain of the exposition.
The dominant species are sugar maple, birch and beech.
Cotton became dominant in the lower South after 1800.
It is inherited, carried on "dominant resilient genes".
Over time, flowers became more dominant.
The dominant styles of Japanese professional wrestling were set in place by the two dominant promotions in Japan.