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Keywords: Offspring, Traits, Cat, Linebred, Outbred

Related Terms: Dominant, Heredity, Mendelian, Recessive, Heterosis, Hybrid Vigor, Heterozygote, Heterozygous, Homozygous, Monohybrid Cross, Alleles, Mendelian Inheritance, Dihybrid Cross, Autosomal Dominant, Inbreeding Depression, Codominance, Codominant Alleles, Monohybrid, Homozygote, Dihybrid, Dominance, Autosomal Recessive, Incomplete Penetrance, Recessive Inheritance, Recessive Gene, Assortative Mating, Codominant, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Congenic, Dominant Allele, Dominant Gene, Genetic Heterogeneity, Overdominance, Incomplete Dominance, Backcross, Testcross, Outbreeding, Strain, Test Cross, Recessive Allele, Heterozygosity, Dominant Trait, Homozygosity, Recessive Trait, Outcross, Phenocopy, Inbred Strain, Complex Trait, Outcrossing

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Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.

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Exhibiting genetic prepotency to transmit characteristics to offspring because of homozygosity for numerous dominate genes

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A cat who has such a strong genetic influence on its offspring that the offspring consistently resemble the parent. Most prepotent cats are linebred on one or more outstanding ancestors.

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The ability of a parent to transmit its characteristics to its offspring so they resemble that parent, or each other, more than usual. Homozygous dominant individuals are prepotent. Inbred swine tend to be more prepotent than outbred swine.

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An animal's ability to transmit its traits to its offspring.

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Having a superiority of power. 172

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Lines in question pass on their good traits; lines that can greatly improve a breeding program

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Having a strong tendency to endow offspring with a specific trait or traits.

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A cat with a strong genetic influence resulting in offspring that consistently resemble the parent.

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