n :  the fact or state of being dominant: as  a  :  the relative position of an individual in a social hierarchy - compare PECKING ORDER   b  :  the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression of the other in the heterozygous condition  c  :  functional asymmetry between a pair of bodily structures (as the right and left hands) .
 
 
 
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