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additive gene effects

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000095

Gene action which is the result of genes acting independently of genetic background so that each gene has an equal ability to be expressed and makes an independent contribution to the expression of the trait.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000095
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsadditive gene action
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoquantitative genetics; additive effect; genetic merit
TranslationsSpanish: efectos genéticos aditivos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000095",
  "term": "additive gene effects",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Gene action which is the result of genes acting independently of genetic background so that each gene has an equal ability to be expressed and makes an independent contribution to the expression of the trait.",
  "synonyms": [
    "additive gene action"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "quantitative genetics",
    "additive effect",
    "genetic merit"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "efectos genéticos aditivos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/additive-gene-effects/"
}

Record 95 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.