Minor gene
A minor gene is a gene which has small effect individually but contributes to a multifatorial (polygenic or oligogenic) phenotipic traits. In oligogenic inheritance works as a modifier, and in polygenic inheritance adds its contribution to the overall total expression with other members of multifactorial series.[1][2]
References
- ^ Lawrence E. (1999): Henderson's Dictionary of biological terms. Longman Group Ltd., London, ISBN 0-582-22708-9.
- ^ Rieger R. Michaelis A., Green M. M. (1976): Glossary of genetics and cytogenetics: Classical and molecular. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg - New York, ISBN 3-540-07668-9; ISBN 0-387-07668-9.