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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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2011
2011
Grain yield, stem borer and disease resistance of new maize hybrids in Kenya
Evaluation of 30 maize hybrids for yield and resistance to stem borers and foliar diseases in four agroecologies in Kenya was… 
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… 
2005
2005
Mapping quantitative trait loci controlling agronomic traits in the spring wheat cross RL 4452 × ‘ AC Domain ’
Relatively little is known about the genetic control of agronomic traits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) compared with… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Genetic conservation in applied tree breeding programs.
This paper reviews how population size and structure impacts the maintenance of genetic variation in breeding and gene resource… 
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… 
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… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Two theories of sex and variation
1 My thanks to Ric Charnov, who helped organize these reviews, to the authors, who have performed magnificently, and to Arie van… 
1984
1984
The selective value of alleles underlying polygenic traits.
To define the genetic and ecological circumstances that are conducive to evolution via genetic drift at the allelic level, the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Genetic analysis of sodium-lithium countertransport in 10 hypertension-prone kindreds.
The rate of sodium-lithium countertransport (SLC flux) across red cell membranes has been reported to be elevated in hypertensive… 
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… 
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