Pre*po"ten*cy (?), n. [L.
praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence.]
1. The quality or condition of being
prepotent; predominance. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of
one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than
his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.