For students of animal behavior, dominance refers to the phenomenon by which individuals of a social species organize themselves with regard to access to resources. Although some social species appear to be egalitarian in many respects, close...

Dominance is an ecological term that refers to the degree that a particular species is prevalent within its community, in terms of its relative size, productivity, or cover. Because of their ability to appropriate space, nutrients, and other...

In the field of biology, dominance or dominant may refer...

Biology, ancestry and the black athlete By RICHARD BERNSTEIN New York Times News Service Sunday, January 23, 2000 Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid toaTalk About It. By Jon Entine. 387 pages. PublicAffairs. $25. Black...

Incorporation of resistance genes into existing rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars is a powerful strategy and is commonly applied in breeding rice resistance to blast disease [caused by Pyricularia grisea Sacc. = P. oryzae Cavara (teleomorph: Magnaporthe grisea (Hebert) Barr)]. The rice blast resistance...

Dario Franchitti learned very early Saturday night that some bold changes made to his car had paid off. At the end, he was almost teasing his challengers, coasting around and saving fuel as they slowly closed in.Turns out, they never really had a chance.Franchitti led...

Emeka Okafor scored 21 points and had 16 rebounds and Gerald Wallace added 21 points to help the Charlotte Bobcats beat the injury-depleted Chicago Bulls 90-77 on Friday night.Chicago played without its top two scorers, Ben Gordon (wrist) and Luol Deng (Achilles' tendinitis).The Bobcats used...