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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
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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
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