polygeny
English
Etymology
Noun
polygeny (countable and uncountable, plural polygenies)
- Polygenesis.
- 2001, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences: Sciences de la vie. Série III:
- 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.
- The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes.
- 1983, Vítězslav Orel, Anna Matalová, Moravské muzeum v Brně. Mendelianum, Gregor Mendel and the foundation of genetics:
- Mendel thus recognised the possibility of polygenies.
- 1990, Poultry Guide - Volume 27, page 47:
- 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.
References
- “polygeny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.