Synonyms for dominant in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for dominant. 66 synonyms for dominant: main, chief, primary, outstanding, principal, prominent, influential. In an autosomal dominant disorder, the mutated gene is a dominant gene located on one of the nonsex chromosomes (autosomes). You need only one mutated gene to be affected by this type of disorder. A person with an autosomal dominant disorder — in this case, the father — has a 50% chance of having an affected child with one mutated gene.

mid-15c., dominaunt, in ordre dominaunt, the name of the fourth order of angels, from Old French dominant (13c.) and directly from Latin dominantem (nominative dominans), present participle of dominari 'to rule, dominate, to govern,' from dominus 'lord, master,' from domus 'house' (from PIE root *dem- 'house, household').

From 1530s as 'exercising rule or chief authority;' by 1854 as 'having a controlling effect or influence.' Music sense 'based on or belonging to the fifth tone of the scale' is from 1819. Sexual bondage sense 'exerting control over the submissive partner' is by c. 1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense. Related: Dominantly.

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. ‘One dominant suppressor was identified among the 112 suppressors characterized.’. ‘For simplicity, we assume that alleles are partially dominant and expressed in both sexes.’. ‘In contrast, a fully dominant modifier can never invade.’. ‘Consider first a dominant allele that is beneficial to females but detrimental to males.’. ‘X-ray mutagenesis led to the identification of dominant mutations altering the number of bristles.’. 1.3 Ecology Denoting the predominant species in a plant (or animal) community.

‘Instead selection causes the same increase in allele frequency in both dominants and recessives, at least early on when the fates of nearly all alleles are determined.’. ‘This suggested that the wirehair gene is a simple dominant because there was little chance the unrelated female was carrying a recessive wirehair gene.’. ‘Most are inherited as autosomal dominants, and death can be prevented by implantable cardioverter defibrillators.’. ‘The gene governing taillessness is an incomplete dominant.’. 1.1 Ecology A dominant species in a plant (or animal) community.

‘At the end of this deeply thought-provoking work, then, one is left wondering whether the tonic is E and the dominant B, or the tonic B with dominants D, F and G#.’. ‘So, as he informs us, his tonal process is principally governed by what he describes as tonics and dominants.’. ‘The sonata form, and its gripping epic of migration from the tonic to the dominant and then back again, is an archetype of this.’. ‘In measures 68 and 69, an A-major chord, the dominant of the key, is sounded, signaling the end of the piece.’. ‘Pitches in brackets are not dominant in the melodic cell.’Origin.