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multiple factor

American  

noun

Genetics.
  1. polygene.


Etymology

Origin of multiple factor

First recorded in 1910–15

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E. M. East has obtained evidence from maize and G. H. Shull from shepherd's-purse, which bears out the multiple factor hypothesis.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

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