dominance hierarchy

collocation in English

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dominance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nəns/us
/ˈdɑː.mə.nəns/
the quality of being more important, strong, or successful than anything else of the ...
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hierarchy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhaɪə.rɑː.ki/us
/ˈhaɪ.rɑːr.ki/
a system in which people or things are arranged according to ...
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Like baboons, our ancestors were aggressive and competitive, and social life was based on adominancehierarchy.
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The notion of adominancehierarchyfor trematodes in snails, which assumes importance in later studies, had its origin largely in this work.
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In other words, grammars are assumed to contain ranked constraints + arranged in a strictdominancehierarchy + on the well-formedness of linguistic structure.
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Alleles are ordered according to theirdominancehierarchywith the most recessive allele first.
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It does not appear as though knowledge of adominancehierarchyproduces much predictability among local areas.
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Dominancehierarchyof trematodes shown in inset.
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Diamond identifies six criteria including the animal being sufficiently docile, gregarious, willing to breed in captivity and having a socialdominancehierarchy.
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This kind ofdominancehierarchyis also characteristic of other great apes such as chimpanzees and gorillas.
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Males have been observed engaging in agonistic behaviour and may fight each other over potential mating opportunities, or possibly to establish adominancehierarchy.
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Amongst the females, there is a well-developeddominancehierarchy.
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Therefore, once thedominancehierarchyis established, aggressive behaviour is reduced between herd members.
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Young nestmate workers interact aggressively to establish adominancehierarchythat regulates which individual becomes the single gamergate (mated egglaying worker).
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Thedominancehierarchyalso comes into play, as the offspring of the more dominant group members get preferential treatment.
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These matrilines may exist in adominancehierarchywith all members of a specific group ranking over members of a lower-ranking group.
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This study suggested that there is an age-relateddominancehierarchybased on the observation that adolescent dogs frequently submitted to their elders.
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It may be a shorthand reference for adominancehierarchy.
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A culture that is organised in adominancehierarchyis a dominator culture, the opposite of an egalitarian culture of partnership.
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These interactions usually occur between individuals that hold high or intermediate positions in thedominancehierarchy.
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Male aggression, interestingly, was not correlated with position in thedominancehierarchy.
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