DOMINANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dominant mean? 

• DOMINANT (noun)
  The noun DOMINANT has 2 senses:

1. (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

2. an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

  Familiarity information: DOMINANT used as a noun is rare.

• DOMINANT (adjective)
  The adjective DOMINANT has 3 senses:

1. exercising influence or control

2. (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

3. most frequent or common

  Familiarity information: DOMINANT used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMINANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dominant" is a kind of...):

musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dominant; dominant allele

Hypernyms ("dominant" is a kind of...):

allele; allelomorph ((genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character)

Derivation:

dominant ((of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar)

• DOMINANT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exercising influence or control

Context example:

the dominant partner in the marriage

Similar:

ascendant; ascendent; dominating (most powerful or important or influential)

controlling (able to control or determine policy)

governing (responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws)

overriding; paramount; predominant; predominate; preponderant; preponderating (having superior power and influence)

possessive (having or showing a desire to control or dominate)

sovereign; supreme (greatest in status or authority or power)

superior ((sometimes followed by 'to') not subject to or influenced by)

Also:

superior (of or characteristic of high rank or importance)

Attribute:

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Antonym:

subordinate (lower in rank or importance)

Derivation:

dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)

dominate (have dominance or the power to defeat over)

dominate (be in control)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Antonym:

recessive ((of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical)

Derivation:

dominance (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)

dominant (an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Most frequent or common

Synonyms:

dominant; predominant; prevailing; prevalent; rife

Context example:

prevailing winds

Similar:

frequent (coming at short intervals or habitually)

 Context examples 

An autosomal dominant inherited syndrome caused by mutations in the BRCA2 gene.

(BRCA2 Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant inherited syndrome caused by mutations in the BRCA1 gene.

(BRCA1 Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant hereditary condition characterized by optic atrophy and progressive visual loss.

(Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Autosomal dominant inheritance refers to genetic conditions that occur when a mutation is present in one copy of a given gene (i.e., the person is heterozygous).

(Autosomal Dominant Inheritance, NCI Dictionary)

Box C domain alone acts as a dominant negative which blocks PRMT1 activity.

(BTG Cell Cycle Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An autosomal dominant skeletal disorder caused by mutations in the TGFB1 gene.

(Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant inherited syndrome caused by mutations in the EYA1, SIX1, and SIX5 genes.

(Melnick-Fraser Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant congenital disorder affecting the skeletal muscles.

(Central Core Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, autosomal dominant inherited neoplastic syndrome caused by mutations in the genes that code the succinate dehydrogenase protein complex.

(Carney-Stratakis syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare genetic syndrome with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.

(Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)