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dominigene Biol.|dəˈmɪnɪdʒiːn|
[ad. G. dominigen (R. Goldschmidt 1935, in Zeitschr. f. indukt. Abstammungs- u. Vererbungslehre LXIX. 74), f. domini-erend dominant a. + gen gene.]
Any gene that modifies the dominance of another gene.
1938R. Goldschmidt Physiol. Genetics ii. v. 107 As a short term for such modifying genes, Goldschmidt (1935b) has proposed the word dominigenes. Ibid., Landauer (1933) found a dominigene for the frizzle character of fowl. 1940Nature 9 Mar. 390/2 Two linked complementary factors for N-type are favoured by one of us..while a dominigene is the pivot of another hypothesis. 1952C. P. Blacker Eugenics x. 242 Dominance can be modified by certain genes in the genic milieu for which the term dominigenes has been proposed. |