| NOUN | body | polygene | a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations |
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| Meaning | A gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations. | |
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| Broader | gene, cistron, factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain |
| Adjectives | polygenic | of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once |
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