Medical Dictionary
oligogene
noun oli·go·gene \ˈäl-i-gō-ˌjēn, 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
—oli·go·gen·ic \ˌäl-i-gō-ˈjen-ik, ə-ˌlig-ə-, -ˈjē-nik\ adjective
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