polygene

1. 1.

   a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations

   Broadergene

Other forms of polygene

plural

polygenes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about polygene

What does polygene mean?

polygene means "a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations".

How many syllables are in polygene?

polygene has 3 syllables: po-ly-gene. The stress falls on "po".

Is polygene a common word?

polygene is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.