polygenic inheritance


nounGenetics.
  1. the heredity of complex characters that are determined by a large number of genes, each one usually having a relatively small effect.

Origin of polygenic inheritance

1
First recorded in 1960–65; poly- + -genic

Words Nearby polygenic inheritance

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