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noun a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English gene English polygene From poly- + gene.
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