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oligogenic

oligogenic adjective: determined by a small number of genes.

Adjective

oligogenic (not comparable)

  1. Determined by a small number of genes

Origin of oligogenic

From oligo- + -genic.

Words formed from oligogenic

Questions about oligogenic

What does oligogenic mean?
Oligogenic means determined by a small number of genes.
What part of speech is oligogenic?
Oligogenic is an adjective.

Words near oligogenic in the dictionary

  1. oligogalacturonides
  2. oligogene
  3. oligogenes
  4. oligogenesis
  5. oligogenetic
  6. oligogenic
  7. oligogenically
  8. oligogenicity
  9. oligoglucan
  10. oligoglucans
  11. oligoglucosaccharide

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