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dominance

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 226 words | Copyright

dominance
1. The possession of high social status within an animal group that exhibits social organization; it is often achieved and sustained by aggression toward inferior individuals. See PECKING ORDER.

2. See DOMINANT GENE.

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