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Monogenic

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adjective

(1) (genetics) Of, relating to, characterized by, determined by, influenced by, a single gene or one gene pair

(2) Of an animal bearing offsprings with only one sex, i.e. only female offsprings or only male offsprings, as in some species of aphids


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Word origin: mono-, from Greek 'mónos' (alone) + genic, from gene

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Polygenic Inheritance and Mendel

he may have, but there is no evidence he did. Actually two of the characters mendel observed were not monogenic, but were controlled by two genes.

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by MrMistery
Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:41 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Polygenic Inheritance and Mendel
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Eye color question

... to have no brown alleles(they have to be homozygous recessive), which means all their children would also have brown eyes. But eye color is not a monogenic trait. From what I know, at least three separate loci have been discovered that contribute to the trait of eye color.

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by MrMistery
Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:22 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Eye color question
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