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genetics two or more genes that act as a unit, producing cumulative effects in the phenotype
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Independent multiple factors in the germ-plasm, as in the case of wheat mentioned a few pages back.
Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonWhile the multiple factors in wheat seem to be different, those reported by East and Shull appear to be merely duplicates.
Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonCastle concludes from this that multiple factors can not account for the result.
A Critique of the Theory of Evolution|Thomas Hunt Morgan