Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polygeny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyge-ny
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Mendel thus recognised the possibility of polygenies."
"However, the recent studies by Khan & Doworkers and Siegel (1977) have indicated that under a balance polygenic combination the ill effects of dw gene under egg type genome can be modified by introducing polygenies for egg production."

Etymology

From poly- + -geny.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly
Suffix: geny

Usage

Inflected Forms

polygenies (plural)

Derived Forms

endopolygeny polygenist

Questions

What does polygeny mean?: Polygenesis.
Where does polygeny come from?: From poly- + -geny.

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