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UNIT CHARACTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unit character" is a kind of...):
character ((genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
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