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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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2008
2008
Multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) analysis to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with a carcass trait in a Hanwoo population
Studies to detect genes responsible for economic traits in farm animals have been performed using parametric linear models. A non… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Potato Breeding and Seed Production System Development in Russia
First, an extensive literature review was performed with respect to Potato virus Y (PVY) resistance sources and their further… 
2007
2007
Genetic evaluation of some yield and yield related traits in wheat
A 5x5 complete diallel experiment was conducted involving five spring wheat varieties/lines viz., Waton, Uqab, Inqlab-96, Inqlab… 
2004
2004
The role of balancing selection and overdominance in maintaining allozyme polymorphism
Three approaches to the estimation of the role of balancing selection in maintaining allozyme polymorphism are considered: 1… 
1986
1986
A re-examination of major locus hypotheses for high density lipoprotein cholesterol level using 2,170 persons screened in 55 Utah pedigrees.
A dominant major locus (allele frequency of .0025 +/- .0014), resulting in low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol… 
1985
1985
Cranial variation in the terminal Late Archaic of Ohio.
Cranial and mandibular discrete traits and cranial metric traits were collected from 99-125 individuals in eight terminal Late… 
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… 
1976
1976
Total finger ridge-count and the polygenic hypothesis: a critique.
The distributions of total ridge count in dermatoglyphic material from Austria and Greece are examined for skewness and kurtosis… 
1972
1972
Depressive disease. Evidence favoring polygenic inheritance based on an analysis of ancestral cases.
The possible mode of genetic transmission of depressive disease (primary unipolar affective disorder) was studied using a… 
1964
1964
WING VEIN DEVELOPMENT IN CROSSVEINLESS-LIKE STRAINS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.
HE analysis of adult phenotypic differences resulting from experimental or genetic modification of a developing system sometimes…