Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level
Polygenic inheritance
What Polygenic inheritance means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Polygenic inheritance
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Inheritance in which multiple alleles for the same gene at many loci contribute to a single phenotype, rather than a single gene determining it.
Topics that use Polygenic inheritance
- Topic 3: Voice of the Genome (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Acrosome
- Acrosome reaction
- Cell cycle and interphase
- Continuous variation and normal distribution
- Cortical reaction
- Differential gene expression
- DNA methylation
- DNA replication and sister chromatids
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