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Polyenic vs Polygenic - What's the difference?

polyenic | polygenic |

As adjectives the difference between polyenic and polygenic

is that polyenic is of or pertaining to a polyene while polygenic is (genetics) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene.

polyenic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a polyene

    • polygenic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (genetics) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
  • (mathematics, of a function) having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)