polygene

polygene
polygenic /pol'ee jen"ik/, adj.
/pol"ee jeen'/, n.
one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
[1940-45; back formation from polygenic; see POLY-, GENE, -IC]

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