codominant

• co-dominant

From co- + dominant.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/

codominant (not comparable)

1. Equally dominant.

   codominant species in a region

2. (genetics) Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 137:

     A and B are ‘co-dominant’ versions of the same gene, O being the ‘recessive’ form of it.

codominant (plural codominants)

1. A species or organism that jointly dominates a region.
   • 1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station:

     Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.