nonadditive
adjective
non·ad·di·tive
ˌnän-ˈa-də-tiv 
1
: not having a numerical value equal to the sum of values for the component parts
2
: of, relating to, or being a genetic effect that is not additive
nonadditive effects of epistasis
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But the trouble is, the twin data just aren't consistent with the idea that nonadditive effects explain any of these traits.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2013
This rule makes many simplifying assumptions, however, and does not accurately describe social evolution in organisms such as microbes where selection is both strong and nonadditive.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2010
Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2013
This rule makes many simplifying assumptions, however, and does not accurately describe social evolution in organisms such as microbes where selection is both strong and nonadditive.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2010
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nonadditive
adjective
non·ad·di·tive
(ˈ)nän-ˈad-ət-iv
: of, relating to, or being a genetic effect that is not additive
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