Dominance in the context of biology and anthropology is the state of having high social status relative to other individuals, who react submissively to dominant individuals. The opposite of dominance is submissiveness. Main articles: Life All organisms (viruses not included) consist of cells, which in turn, are based on a common carbon-based biochemistry. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος, human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... Submission An object to hand in Domination and submission, where it is opposite in meaning to dominance Submission (movie) Learned helplessness This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

"Dominance hierarchies" are found in many animals, including primates such as human beings. Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...

Natural and Artificial Genetics

When one gene overrides the effect of another. Typically this refers to genes at the same locus of a pair of chromosomes (see diploid). A potential "use" is one gene acts as a backup for the other, taking on its function should the first one be damaged (e.g. by a mutation). This stylistic schematic diagram shows a gene in relation to the double helix structure of DNA and to a chromosome (right). ... This article is about the biological chromosome. ... Diploid (meaning double in Greek) cells have two copies (homologs) of each chromosome (both sex- and non-sex determining chromosomes), usually one from the mother and one from the father. ... Mutations are permanent, sometimes transmissible (if the change is to a germ cell) changes to the genetic material (usually DNA or RNA) of a cell. ...

See also

• aggression
• alpha male

Aggression is defined as The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. ... An alpha male or alpha female is the individual in the community to whom the others follow and defer. ...

External links

• http://www.cbs.umn.edu/chimp/social7.htm
• http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.mazur.html
• http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=69