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Polygenic Inheritance

Known as: Characters, Polygenic, Inheritance, Polygenic, Inheritances, Polygenic 
A phenotypic outcome (physical characteristic or disease predisposition) that is determined by many genes.
National Institutes of Health

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Multifactorial Inheritance

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polygene

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2006
2006
Evolution of proteinase inhibitor defenses in North American allopolyploid species of Nicotiana
We studied the jasmonate (JA)-elicited trypsin-proteinase inhibitor (TPI) anti-herbivore defense system in North American… 
2003
2003
Identification of QTLs influencing agronomic traits in Miscanthus sinensis Anderss. I. Total height, flag-leaf height and stem diameter
We have developed the first quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses for agronomic traits in a cross between F1.1 (P1) and F1.7… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Lessons from the NZM2410 Model and Related Strains
SLE susceptibility requires the interplay of an unknown number of genes and equally unidentified triggering events. The past few… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Microarrays and macroconsequences
2 nature genetics supplement • volume 21 • january 1999 The National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Recessive inheritance of a relative fat pattern.
We defined a relative-fat-pattern index (RFPI) as the ratio of subscapular skinfold thickness to the sum of subscapular and… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
PARENTAL EFFECTS ON SEED DEVELOPMENT AND SEED YIELD IN RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION
  • S. Mazer
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1987
  • Corpus ID: 205776321
The possibility that sexual selection operates in angiosperms to effect evolutionary change in polygenic traits affecting male… 
1982
1982
A MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DIRECT AND CORRELATED RESPONSE TO SELECTION IN THE RAT
An important part of many studies in evolutionary biology is the assessment of genetic (i.e., evolutionary) differentiation among… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
A genetic analysis of melanoma--polygenic inheritance as a threshold trait.
A total of 214 melanoma patients and 193 age- and sex-matched controls, interviewed at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute during… 
1980
1980
POLYMORPHISM FOR BREEDING COLORS IN GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS II. REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AS A RESULT OF CONVERGENCE FOR THREAT DISPLAY
Threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) breed in the shallows of lakes and streams during the spring when the males… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Hereditary spastic paraplegia in Western Norway
In Western Norway, two types of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) were found: one type segregating as an autosomal dominant… 
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