SINCE 1828
oligogene
noun
oli·go·gene
| \ ˈäl-i-gō-ˌjēn
, ə-ˈlig-ə-
\
, ə-ˈlig-ə-
\
Medical Definition of oligogene
: a gene that exerts a major effect on a character either as one of two Mendelian alternatives or as one of a few genes controlling a qualitative character
Other Words from oligogene
oligogenic
\ ˌäl-i-gō-ˈjen-ik
, ə-ˌlig-ə-
, -ˈjē-nik \
adjective
, ə-ˌlig-ə-
, -ˈjē-nik \
adjective
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