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1. polygenic
adjective. of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes.
Synonyms
- inheritable
Antonyms
- nurtural
- congenital
Etymology
- -genic (English)
- poly- (English)
- πολύς (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
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Sentences with polygenic
1. Adjective
Alleles of a single gene are always found at a particular place or locus on a chromosome, but those genes contributing to the polygenic trait could be anywhere.