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multiple-factor inheritance

The determination of an inherited characteristic by *polygenes, so that it shows approximately continuous variation from one extreme to another. The size of beans, ear-length in maize, and many other characteristics show multiple-factor inheritance, and do not, at first sight, behave like Mendelian characters. Compare single-factor inheritance. See quantitative variation.

 
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