POLYGENE | • polygene n. (Genetics) A group of nonallelic genes that act together to produce phenotype variations. • POLYGENE n. a set of cooperating genes, each producing a small effect. |
POLYGENY | • polygeny n. Polygenesis. • polygeny n. The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes. • POLYGENY n. generation from multiple origins. |
POLYGENES | • polygenes n. Plural of polygene. • POLYGENE n. a set of cooperating genes, each producing a small effect. |
POLYGENIC | • polygenic adj. (Genetics) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene. • polygenic adj. (Mathematics, of a function) having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic). • POLYGENIC adj. of or relating to polygeny. |
POLYGENIES | • polygenies n. Plural of polygeny. • POLYGENY n. generation from multiple origins. |
POLYGENISM | • polygenism n. (Ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair. • POLYGENISM n. the doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
POLYGENIST | • polygenist n. One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair. • POLYGENIST n. one who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
POLYGENOUS | • polygenous adj. Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres. • polygenous adj. Of or pertaining to polygenesis. • POLYGENOUS adj. of multiple origin or composition. |
POLYGENESES | • polygeneses n. Plural of polygenesis. • POLYGENESIS n. the theory that humans derived from many separate origins. |
POLYGENESIS | • polygenesis n. The genesis of a species from more than one ancestor. • polygenesis n. (Biology) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead… • polygenesis n. (Linguistics) The theory that languages developed independently in different places at different periods… |
POLYGENETIC | • polygenetic adj. Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times. • polygenetic adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic. • polygenetic adj. (Geology) One which is composite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its… |
POLYGENISMS | • POLYGENISM n. the doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
POLYGENISTS | • polygenists n. Plural of polygenist. • POLYGENIST n. one who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
POLYGENETICALLY | • polygenetically adv. In a polygenetic manner. • POLYGENETIC adv. of polygenesis; springing from several sources. |