adjective
- controlled or influenced by multiple genes
Usage: genetics; biology
Examples
- Height is a polygenic trait influenced by many different genes.
- Most complex human characteristics are polygenic rather than controlled by a single gene.
- The researchers studied polygenic inheritance patterns in the population.
- Skin color is determined by polygenic factors involving several chromosomes.
- Polygenic disorders result from the combined effects of multiple genetic variants.
- Intelligence appears to be a polygenic trait with hundreds of contributing genes.