Meaning of polygeny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Polygenesis.
   countable, uncountable
2. The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Some features of the universal tree of life based on rRNA polygenies have⟳ been confirmed, such as the division of the cellular living world into three domains.”

“Mendel thus recognised the possibility of polygenies.”

“However, the recent studies by Khan & Doworkers and Siegel (1977) have⟳ indicated that under a balance polygenic combination the ill effects of dw gene under egg type⟳ genome can be modified by introducing polygenies for egg production.”

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