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Multifactorial Inheritance
Medical Definition: | A phenotypic outcome (physical characteristic or disease predispostion) that is determined by more than one gene. Polygenic refers to those determined by many genes, while oligogenic refers to those determined by a few genes. |
Also Called: | Oligogenic Inheritance,Polygenic Inheritance |
Previously Indexed: | specific disease /genetics (1967-1998) |
Multifactorial Inheritance Medical Definitions and Terms
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