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dominant - 1. Of alleles, one whose effect with respect to a particular trait is the same in heterozygotes as in homozygotes. The opposite is recessive. 2. Of an individual animal, one that is allowed priority in access to food, mates, etc., by others of its species because of its success in previous aggressive encounters. 3. Of an animal or plant species, the most conspicuously abundant and characteristic in a particular location or environment. [FAO]

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NCC searches for dominant telco  -  21 Aug 2007
Business Day,The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in a bid to identify the dominant telecommunications player in the nation's burgeoning sector has appointed

Dominant Derby pair ready to take control  -  21 Aug 2007
Irish Independent,Trainers Paul Hennessy and Owen McKenna enter Saturday's quarter-finals of the Paddypower.com Irish Greyhound Derby in a dominant position.

VIEW: Frustrated and helpless —Munir Attaullah  -  21 Aug 2007
Daily Times,And we do ourselves no favours by presuming it is that easy to immediately eliminate the Army’s dominant role in our political life Should I be re

Uganda: Government Should Make Curative Laws  -  21 Aug 2007
AllAfrica.com,However, in situations of monopoly the authorities are obliged to intervene and ensure monopolists don't apply their dominant positions in the market to the

No one guaranteed: warning  -  21 Aug 2007
Daily Telegraph,..."And as a coach you wouldn't lose any sleep because that guy is capable of going out there and being dominant,'' Foley said. Foley said that tighthead prop

Home > Marketingweb > CONVERSATIONS > COLUMNISTS  -  21 Aug 2007
Marketing Web,And even more basically: if the surgeon's voice was too dominant, the surgeon tended to be in the sued group. If the voice sounded less dominant and more

Aussie jumpers reduce the gap  -  21 Aug 2007
ThoroughbredNews.co.nz,Australia has reduced the deficit in the 31st Dominant Australia v Ireland Jumping Racing Challenge after Brad McLean piloted Royal Laddie to victory at Moe

Aussies Close Gap in Irish Series  -  21 Aug 2007
Virtual Form Guide,Australia has reduced the deficit in the 31st Dominant Australia v Ireland Jumping Racing Challenge after Brad McLean piloted Royal Laddie to victory at Moe

Virgin Media CEO Burch quits unexpectedly  -  21 Aug 2007
MarketWatchThe company has been locked in an acrimonious dispute with British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC (BSY), the UK's dominant satellite operator, in which News

Fountain Lakes foxy morons in dominant debut  -  Aug 20, 2007
The Age,The Seven Network capped a dominant year in the ratings with the show it snaffled from the ABC claiming a national average audience of 2.52 million viewers

Dominant Stoner extends World Championship lead  -  Aug 19, 2007
Scotsman,CASEY Stoner dominated from start to finish on his Ducati to win the Czech MotoGP Grand Prix yesterday and widen his lead in the overall standings.

Do talk shows on controlling men give dominant men a bad name?  -  Aug 20, 2007
Men's News Daily,A way in which these dominant men differ radically from each other is in their attitude toward their women’s sexuality. Some resemble the most stoutly

• As intense as ever English determined to keep UM's defense dominant  -  Aug 19, 2007
MLive.com,AP Photo The Lions dominate the first half as Jon Kitna throws a touchdown and the defense forces three turnovers in Detroit's 23-20 preseason win over the

Calyx Software Maintains Dominant Market Leadership Position in ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),..."Based on our 2006 survey, which was fielded in early 2007, Calyx has maintained its dominant market share of two-thirds since 2002 and is the market leader

DOMINANT ILKESTON LACK KILLER INSTINCT  -  Aug 20, 2007
This is Nottingham,A Much-changed Ilkeston Town got their UniBond Premier season off to a solid start but manager Nigel Jemson felt it should have been better following a 0-0

METS TALK: Duque stays dominant  -  Aug 19, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,Better yet, the Mets have been dominant in games he’s started, winning 15 times. That doesn’t sound like a guy I want waiting for the bullpen phone to ring

Dominant French in warning to Eddie  -  Aug 20, 2007
Irish Independent,By By Peter Bills FRANCE completed a worrying weekend for Irish coach Eddie O’Sullivan by showing significant improvement to beat England for the second

Germany, Netherlands dominant on first day of Eurohockey  -  Aug 20, 2007
Zee News,Manchester, Aug 20: World champions Germany scored five goals and Netherlands eight to dominate their respective pools on the first day of the Eurohockey

Cup Boys Dominant As Hamlin Wins Busch Race At Michigan  -  Aug 19, 2007
AHNBrooklyn, MI (AHN) - The Nextel Cup moonlighters ruled the day, but Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was the dominant of the crew as he drove away to an

Could Linux become the dominant OS?  -  Aug 17, 2007
Register,Microsoft is thus forced either to drop its patent threats or cease to handle Open Source products such as Samba, the dominant Open Source file and print

Letters | A dominant pitcher and hitter, Ruth has no equal in baseball  -  Aug 19, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,Babe was dominant like no other baseball player in history. The major-league season record for home runs in Babe Ruth's era had been 12!

Mladin shows dominant form in Sunday warm-up  -  Aug 19, 2007
AMASuperbike.com,Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin could move to within six points of the AMA Superbike championship lead this afternoon if he manages to secure a third straight

Wainwright dominant in blanking Brewers  -  Aug 16, 2007
FOXSports.comAP, Updated 2 minutes ago MILWAUKEE (AP) - Adam Wainwright gave up two hits in seven scoreless innings and Yadier Molina put on a rare power display with

Ex-Wildcat dominant in win  -  Aug 19, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,Rather than revel in his Arizona Amateur championship for a few days, or even a few hours, Nate Tyler climbed into a rental car late Saturday morning to

Opinion by Greg Hansen : Ex-Wildcat dominant in win  -  Aug 19, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,Rather than revel in his Arizona Amateur championship for a few days, or even a few hours, Nate Tyler climbed into a rental car late Saturday morning to

Websites increase share of ad dollar  -  Aug 20, 2007
The Age,AUSTRALIA's dominant employment and real estate websites have revealed soaring earnings, inspired by a greater share of lucrative classified ad revenue.

Dominant Cholesterol-metabolism Ideas Challenged By New Research  -  Aug 15, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — A team of researchers investigating cholesterol and lipid transport has performed experiments that cast serious doubt on the dominant

Shia dominant area attacked by mortars  -  Aug 18, 2007
PRESS TV,Source: PressTV, AP About 16 mortar shells have barraged the Shia dominant area of Khalis, north of Baghdad, killing at least 7 and wounding 24 Iraqis.

Dominant China top medals standings  -  Aug 18, 2007
South China Morning Post (subscription),China warmed up for next year's Olympics in Beijing with a powerful performance at the World University Games, securing top spot yesterday in the medals

Ruling Smer Party Still Dominant in Slovakia  -  Aug 18, 2007
Angus Reid Global Monitor,...(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The governing Party Direction - Third Way (Smer) remains the most popular political organization in Slovakia, according to a

Magnolia Jackson dominant if right  -  Aug 18, 2007
Daily Racing Form (subscription),By DAVID GRENING SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - On paper, and if she's right, Magnolia Jackson towers over her six rivals in Monday's $80000 Union Avenue Stakes at

Talmacsi clinches dominant pole  -  Aug 18, 2007
autosport.com,By Matt Beer Championship leader Gabor Talmacsi has claimed a dominant pole position for the Czech round of the 125cc series, having lapped six tenths of a

Stoner takes dominant Czech pole  -  Aug 18, 2007
autosport.com,By Matt Beer Championship leader Casey Stoner commanded qualifying for the Czech Grand Prix, taking pole position ahead of the two Repsol Hondas.

Perfect end of season for dominant Perth College  -  Aug 17, 2007
The West Australian,Thousand of teens and spectators lined the banks of the Canning River today to watch a dominant crew from Perth College take out the blue-ribbon event of

USC emerging as dominant grid program's monster  -  Aug 18, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain,AP PHOTO/REED SAXON By ANDREW BAGNATO AP LOS ANGELES - When Pac-10 football coaches gathered here for media day, their whimpering drowned out the jet

Dominant Woods still lacking serious rivals to his crown  -  Aug 13, 2007
Independent,Victory in the USPGA Championship confirmed the world No 1 as the only true major player. James Corrigan reports from Southern Hills Golf awoke here

Glavine Gets No. 301, Mets Still Dominant At RFK  -  Aug 17, 2007
WCBS-TV New York,...(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON Facing a franchise he has beaten more than any other, Tom Glavine picked up win No. 301 by allowing one run over seven innings Friday

Brewers still the pick in weak NL Central  -  Aug 19, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,On any given night, New York, Atlanta and Philadelphia can be dominant teams. But dominant teams don't blow five-run leads to the Pirates, either,

Lautoka dominant  -  Aug 17, 2007
Fiji Times,LAUTOKA schools Natabua and Saint Thomas dominated the Fiji Secondary Schools Hockey Association eleven-a-side tournament. Saint Thomas took out the Bhasin

Bear Now dominant in Duchess  -  Aug 11, 2007
CBS News,By BILL TALLON ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Bear Now returned to her dominant ways here at Woodbine on Saturday, romping to a 6 1/4-length victory over fellow

Brno MotoGP: Ducati's Casey Stoner in dominant form  -  Aug 17, 2007
motorcyclenews.com,By Matthew Birt MotoGP world championship leader Casey Stoner returned to action this morning in Brno in dominant fashion to set the fastest time in the

Dominant cholesterol-metabolism ideas challenged by new research  -  Aug 16, 2007
State College News,A team of researchers investigating cholesterol and lipid transport has performed experiments that cast serious doubt on the dominant hypothesis of how the

Commentary: Tips for picking a junior gold stock  -  Aug 20, 2007
Resource Investor,Why do we need to understand the track record of the technical team, the directors and the dominant shareholders? Most successful gold mines are made,

Thursday's game: Molina hits two homers; Wainwright is dominant  -  Aug 16, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,By Joe Strauss MILWAUKEE — For nearly five months, the Cardinals have been a losing team in search of current, of flow, of an energizing clubhouse

Evoniuk Dominant For Second Straight Straight Start  -  Aug 16, 2007
OurSports Central (press release),Harlingen, TX - First half champion Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings (49-43, 20-22) starter Kenny Evoniuk (3-3) followed up his one-hit shutout of the

High school football: Alta will ride dominant defense  -  Aug 16, 2007
Deseret News,By Michael Black SANDY — If the saying rings true and defense wins championships, Alta may be hoisting the 5A trophy at the end of the season.

Relief Efforts: More dominant than Jenks?  -  Aug 15, 2007
6abc.com,Jonathan Papelbon, Red Sox: His stuff is nasty, and there were times last season when he was as dominant as Jenks is now. No, he never retired 41 straight

Morrison is man in middle of it all  -  Aug 20, 2007
Sacramento Bee,Now the Raiders are upping the stakes, banking on Morrison becoming one of the NFL's more dominant middle linebackers. Raiders defensive coordinator Rob

His great project, a dominant Republican party, will be his legacy  -  Aug 16, 2007
Centre Daily Times,Rove's vision of the modern Republican Party as the dominant governing power will perhaps take longer to establish than he had hoped.

Macho men classed as dominant, less faithful and worse parents  -  Aug 7, 2007
Sky News,Men with masculine faces, who had features like square jaws, larger noses and smaller eyes, were classed as more dominant, less faithful and worse parents.

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