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polygenies

polygenies is the plural of polygeny.

Meaning of polygeny

Noun

polygeny (countable and uncountable, plural polygenies)

  1. Polygenesis.
    • Some features of the universal tree of life based on rRNA polygenies have been confirmed, such as the division of the cellular living world into three domains.2001, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences: Sciences de la vie. Série III
  2. The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes.
    • Mendel thus recognised the possibility of polygenies.1983, Vítězslav Orel, Anna Matalová, Moravské muzeum v Brně. Mendelianum, Gregor Mendel and the foundation of genetics

Questions about polygenies

What is polygenies the plural of?
Polygenies is the plural of polygeny.

Words near polygenies in the dictionary

  1. polygenetically
  2. polygenic
  3. polygenically
  4. polygenicities
  5. polygenicity
  6. polygenies
  7. polygenism
  8. polygenist
  9. polygenistic
  10. polygenists
  11. polygenome

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