polygene 1
noundomain: body part
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
Hypernym
gene 1
noun
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
EnglishDerivationally related form
polygenic 1
adjective
of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
