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Polygenic vs Genic - What's the difference?

polygenic | genic |

As adjectives the difference between polygenic and genic

is that polygenic is controlled by the interaction of more than one gene while genic is of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene.

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)

    • genic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene

    • Synonyms

    * genetic

    See also

    * -genic