On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Polygenic. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as inheritable or heritable and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Polygenic in a sentence
Polygenic meaning
- controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
- having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)
Synonyms of Polygenic
Using Polygenic
- The main meaning on this page is: controlled by the interaction of more than one gene | having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)
- Useful related words include: inheritable, heritable.
- In the example corpus, polygenic often appears in combinations such as: polygenic traits.
Context around Polygenic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polygenic
- In this selection, "polygenic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mediated, pedigree, traits, testing and arthritis stand out and add context to how "polygenic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pedigree polygenic diseases do and immune mediated polygenic arthritis where. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polygenic" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polygenic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Polygenic traits often show a wide range of phenotypes. (9 words)
In rare cases, Beagles may develop immune mediated polygenic arthritis (where the immune system attacks the joints) even at a young age. (22 words)
The big breakthrough in the past few years is polygenic testing, which is able to correlate multiple genes – often thousands – with behaviour differences. (23 words)
Kathiresan, for example, published a high-profile study last year that advanced the possibility of assessing a patient’s risk of some diseases that are polygenic—that is, driven not by a single genetic mutation but by multiple mutations. (39 words)
He came close to rediscovering Mendel's particulate theory of inheritance, but was prevented from making the final breakthrough in this regard because of his focus on continuous, rather than discrete, traits (now known as polygenic traits). (37 words)
Many genes Genetic disorders may also be complex, multifactorial, or polygenic, meaning they are likely associated with the effects of multiple genes in combination with lifestyles and environmental factors. (29 words)
Example sentences (7)
Kathiresan, for example, published a high-profile study last year that advanced the possibility of assessing a patient’s risk of some diseases that are polygenic—that is, driven not by a single genetic mutation but by multiple mutations.
The big breakthrough in the past few years is polygenic testing, which is able to correlate multiple genes – often thousands – with behaviour differences.
He came close to rediscovering Mendel's particulate theory of inheritance, but was prevented from making the final breakthrough in this regard because of his focus on continuous, rather than discrete, traits (now known as polygenic traits).
In rare cases, Beagles may develop immune mediated polygenic arthritis (where the immune system attacks the joints) even at a young age.
Many genes Genetic disorders may also be complex, multifactorial, or polygenic, meaning they are likely associated with the effects of multiple genes in combination with lifestyles and environmental factors.
On a pedigree, polygenic diseases do tend to "run in families", but the inheritance does not fit simple patterns as with Mendelian diseases.
Polygenic traits often show a wide range of phenotypes.
Common combinations with polygenic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: