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noun
A group of nonallelic genes that act together to produce phenotype variations
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gene, cistron, factor
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English gene English polygene From poly- + gene.
Across languages
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