WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
quan′titative inher′itance, [Genetics.]
  1. Geneticsthe process in which the additive action of numerous genes results in a trait, as height, showing continuous variability. Cf. polygenic inheritance. 
  • 1925–30

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polygenic inheritance

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