polymery Genetics.
(pəˈlɪmərɪ)
Also as mod.L. polyˈmeria.
[ad. G. polymerie (A. Lang 1911, in Zeitschr. für induktive Abstammungs- und Vererbungslehre V. 113), ad. Gk. πολυµέρεια a consisting of many parts: see -ia1, -y3.]
The phenomenon whereby a number of non-allelic genes can act together to produce a single effect.
| 1914 Zeitschr. für induktive Abstammungs- und Vererbungslehre XII. 118 The phenomenon of plurality of genes having a similar function, i.e., independently producing the same character, is called by Lang (1911) ‘polymery’... Johannsen (1913) suggests that..[this term] be retained..for the phenomenon in general. 1927 [see polygenic a. 3]. 1929 [see isolation 3]. |