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polygenic inheritance: a standalone construct

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Quantitative genetics

the explanation of continuous variation as the joint result of many Mendelian factors of small, similar effect.

In quantitative genetics, polygenic inheritance refers to the explanation of continuous variation as the joint result of many Mendelian factors of small, similar effect. This meaning comes from East (1910) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

East, E. M. (1910). A Mendelian Interpretation of Variation that is Apparently Continuous. The American Naturalist, 44(518), 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1086/279117

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