quantitative inheritance

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Definitions of quantitative inheritance words

noun quantitative inheritance the process in which the additive action of numerous genes results in a trait, as height, showing continuous variability. 1
noun quantitative inheritance the inheritance in offspring of distinctive characters, as stature in man, that are influenced by the combined activity of multiple factors and that are subject to modification by environment 0

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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