Dominance

Alt. of Dominancy

the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"