POLYGENIC

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Derivation:

polygene (a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations)