Thesaurus: polygene
a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
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Definitions
- n. a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
- n. a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations