Sentence examples similar to oligogenics from inspiring English sources

Instead, most now agree that such illnesses are most likely "oligogenic," mediated not by a single gene, but by multiple genes of smaller effect acting in combination with one another and the environment.

A character controlled by only a few genes is known as an oligogenic, or qualitative, character; oligogenic characters demonstrate discontinuous variation (in which traits are discrete; e.g., blood type is either AB, A, B, or O).