Multifactorial inheritance

Introduction: Multifactorial inheritance

Description of Multifactorial inheritance

Multifactorial inheritance: Inheritance patterns based on multiple genes.

Multifactorial inheritance: inheritance involving many factors, of which at least one is genetic but none is of overwhelming importance, as in the causation of a disease by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Cf.: galtonian inheritance
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Multifactorial inheritance: A phenotypic outcome (physical characteristic or disease predisposition) that is determined by more than one gene. Polygenic refers to those determined by many genes, while oligogenic refers to those determined by a few genes.
Source: MeSH 2007

Multifactorial inheritance: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Multifactorial inheritance:

• Inheritance

Terms associated with Multifactorial inheritance:

Terms Similar to Multifactorial inheritance:

• Oligogenic Inheritance
• Polygenic Inheritance
• Polygenic Traits

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Quantitative Trait, Heritable

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Multifactorial inheritance

• Inheritance Patterns

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Multifactorial inheritance

The following list attempts to classify Multifactorial inheritance into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Genetic Phenomena
  • Inheritance Patterns
    • Multifactorial Inheritance

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