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Definition of Multigenic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Multigenic

1. An hereditary characteristic that is specified by several genes. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (14 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multigenic

Literary usage of Multigenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genes in the Field: On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity by Stephen B. Brush (2000)
"This showed itself as pronounced variation between and within land races in latent period, a multigenic character. The picture for this pathogen contrasts ..."

2. Meeting the Challenge: U. S. Industry Faces the 21st Century: The U. S by Jon Paugh (1998)
"... multigenic nature of certain diseases, reveals the benefits of strategic partnerships. It has established alliances with several larger companies, ..."

3. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"multigenic control of the localization of the zone of polarizing activity in limb morphogenesis in the mouse ..."

4. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Various rat adult tissues express only one major mRNA species from the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydro- genase multigenic family. ..."

5. Population and Food in the Early Twenty-First Century: Meeting Future Food by Nurul Islam (1995)
"... allowing time to be gained to find multigenic, durable sources of resistance. Early promised gains in yield potential from genetic engineering largely ..."

6. Genes in the Field: On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity by Stephen B. Brush (2000)
"This showed itself as pronounced variation between and within land races in latent period, a multigenic character. The picture for this pathogen contrasts ..."

7. Meeting the Challenge: U. S. Industry Faces the 21st Century: The U. S by Jon Paugh (1998)
"... multigenic nature of certain diseases, reveals the benefits of strategic partnerships. It has established alliances with several larger companies, ..."

8. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"multigenic control of the localization of the zone of polarizing activity in limb morphogenesis in the mouse ..."

9. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Various rat adult tissues express only one major mRNA species from the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydro- genase multigenic family. ..."

10. Population and Food in the Early Twenty-First Century: Meeting Future Food by Nurul Islam (1995)
"... allowing time to be gained to find multigenic, durable sources of resistance. Early promised gains in yield potential from genetic engineering largely ..."

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