quantitative inheritance


quantitative inheritance

noun

Definition of QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE

: genetic inheritance of a character (as human skin color) controlled by polygenes

First Known Use of QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE

circa 1929

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