ar X iv : h ep - p h / 04 05 27 2 v 1 2 7 M ay 2 00 4 hep - ph / 0405272 Sequential Dominance

We review the mechanism of sequential right-handed neutrino dominance proposed in the framework of the type I seesaw mechanism to account for bi-large neutrino mixing and a neutrino mass hierarchy in a natural way. We discuss how sequential dominance may also be applied to the right-handed charged leptons, which alternatively allows bi-large lepton mixing from the charged lepton sector. We review how such sequential dominance models may be upgraded to include type II seesaw contributions, resulting in a partially degenerate neutrino mass spectrum with bi-large lepton mixing arising from sequential dominance. We also summarise the model building applications and the phenomenological implications of sequential dominance.