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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYGENIC

polygenic  [ˌpɒliˈdʒɛnik] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYGENIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polygenic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES POLYGENIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

polygenic

Polygene

A polygene, multiple factor, multiple gene inheritance, or quantitative gene is a group of non-allelic genes that together influence a phenotypic trait. The precise loci or identities of the non-allelic genes are often unknown to biologists. Advances in statistical methodology and high throughput sequencing are, however, allowing researchers to locate candidate genes for the trait. These genes are generally pleiotropic as well. The genes that contribute to type 2 diabetes are thought to be mostly polygenes. Traits with polygenic determinism correspond to the classical quantitative characters, as opposed to the qualitative characters with monogenic or oligogenic determinism.

Definition of polygenic in the English dictionary

The definition of polygenic in the dictionary is of, relating to, or controlled by polygenes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYGENIC

polygamise
polygamist
polygamize
polygamous
polygamously
polygamy
polygene
polygenesis
polygenetic
polygenetically
polygenism
polygenist
polygenous
polygeny
polyglot
polyglotism
polyglottal
polyglottic
polyglottism
polyglottous

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYGENIC

allergenic
androgenic
anthropogenic
antigenic
atherogenic
carcinogenic
chromogenic
comedogenic
cryogenic
erogenic
genic
hypoallergenic
isogenic
mitogenic
myogenic
osteogenic
pathogenic
photogenic
scenic
teratogenic
transgenic

Synonyms and antonyms of polygenic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polygenic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYGENIC

Find out the translation of polygenic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polygenic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polygenic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多基因
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poligénica
570 millions of speakers

English

polygenic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polygenic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جينائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полигенная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poligênica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polygenic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polygénique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polygenic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

polygene
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多遺伝子の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polygenic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polygenic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

polygenic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரபணுக்களால் ஏற்படுவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉलीगॅनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

poligenik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poligenica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielogenowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полігенна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polygenic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυγονιδιακές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poligeniese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polygenisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polygenic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polygenic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYGENIC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYGENIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polygenic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYGENIC»

Discover the use of polygenic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polygenic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Human Polygenic Diseases
Complex genetic factors are difficult to study in humans, and this book will give the reader a concise view of the major experimental models of polygenic inheritance of predisposition to diseases.
Dragani, 1998
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Molecular approaches to human polygenic disease
This volume deals with the application of recombinant DNA techniques to the identification of diseases that have more than one inherited component. Focus is on the polygenic factors responsible for coronary atherosclerosis.
Gregory Bock, Geralyn M. Collins, 1987
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Molecular Approaches to Human Polygenic Disease
This volume deals with the application of recombinant DNA techniques to the identification of diseases that have more than one inherited component. Focus is on the polygenic factors responsible for coronary atherosclerosis.
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2008
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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues
polygenic traits; those controlled by two or more genes and that show significant environmental interactions are called multifactorial traits. Although each gene controlling multifactorial traits is inherited in Mendelian fashion, the interaction of  ...
Michael Cummings, 2010
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Understanding Mental Retardation
The polygenic model The theory of polygenic inheritance asserts that many human traits that are continuously distributed (e.g., intelligence or height) are determined by a number of genes that work independently and additively to produce the ...
Edward Zigler, 1986
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Essentials of Physical Anthropology
These are called polygenic, or continuous, traits (Fig. 4-6b and c). While Mendelian traits are governed by only one genetic locus, polygenic characteristics are influenced by alleles at two or more loci, and each locus makes a contribution to ...
Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, 2008
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Developmental Plasticity and Evolution
In general, threshold responses are polygenic, as already mentioned (see especially Roff, 1996; Roff et al., 1997l. They are subject to continuously variable generic and environmental influence, which is not surprising since they are so often ...
Mary Jane West-Eberhard, 2003
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Applied Probability
Two elaborations of the polygenic model present substantial computational difficulties. In the polygenic threshold model, a qualitative trait such as the presence or absence of a birth defect is determined by an underlying polygenically ...
Kenneth Lange, 2003
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Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis
Two elaborations of the polygenic model present substantial computational difficulties. In the polygenic threshold model, a qualitative trait such as the presence or absence of a birth defect is determined by an underlying polygenically ...
Kenneth Lange, 2002
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Race and Racism in Theory and Practice
This meant that for both monogenic and polygenic thinkers in the nineteenth century, the hierarchy of human types was a permanent feature of the human situation. Inequality of human types, unchangeable differences in both body and mind, ...
Berel Lang, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYGENIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polygenic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Genetic contribution to multiple sclerosis risk among Ashkenazi Jews
We then compare allelic risk at HLA-DRB1 and polygenic risk across the genome between Ashkenazi Jews and non-Jewish western ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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The genetic architecture of sexually selected traits in two natural …
Partitioning the trait variation to chromosomes suggested a broadly polygenic genetic architecture of within-population variation, although some ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Analysis of exome sequence in 604 trios for recessive genotypes in …
A polygenic burden of rare disruptive mutations in schizophrenia. ... Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory …
Accounting for inflation due to sample size and polygenic effects, these Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and IBD λΓ values are equivalent to λGC 1,000 (the ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Consortium Links Two Loci to Major Depressive Disorder
... origin" for some symptoms of the condition. The researchers added that depression is likely polygenic and more loci remain to be uncovered. «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
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Revisited HLA and non-HLA genetics of Takayasu arteritis—where …
Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Nature 460, 748–752 (2009). | Article | PubMed | ISI ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Molecular genetics and pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy
... disease gene mutations with low penetrance or they are involved in the pathogenesis of DCM as genetic risk factors for polygenic disease. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Best and Worst of Neuroscience and Neurology – June 2015
Polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder predict creativity Nature Neuroscience, 18 (7), 953-955 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4040. «Brain Blogger, Jul 15»
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Pharmacogenomic variants have larger effect sizes than genetic …
This has complicated efforts to use genetic variants to predict disease risk, although polygenic risk scores built from a large number of causative ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Notable Paper: The Formal Darwinism Project
The majority seem to be so polygenic and the effect of each locus so small that identified polymorphisms usually explain a tiny fraction of the ... «h+ Magazine, Jul 15»

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