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quantitative inheritance
noun
Definition of QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE
: genetic inheritance of a character (as human skin color) controlled by polygenes
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First Known Use of QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE
circa 1929
Medical Dictionary
quantitative inheritance
noun
Medical Definition of QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE
: genetic inheritance of a character (as human skin color) controlled by polygenes with each allelic pair of genes at a given locus having a specific quantitative effect—compare blending inheritance, mendelian inheritance
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