dominigenen.
/dəˈmɪnɪdʒiːn/ Biology.
Any gene that modifies the dominance of another gene.
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sex determinant1902
sex determiner1909
inhibitor1911
multiple factor1912
modifier1915
autosomal dominant1919
autosomal recessive1919
scute1923
gene1925
suppressor1928
rate gene1932
dominigene1938
buffer1939
polygene1941
switch gene1942
mutator1943
oligogene1943
sickle cell gene1946
supergene1949
ob1950
obese1950
regulator1960
regulator gene1960
regulatory gene1960
enhancer1967
oncogene1969
virogene1969
hedgehog1980
1938 R. Goldschmidt Physiol. Genetics ii. v. 107 As a short term for such modifying genes, Goldschmidt (1935b) has proposed the word dominigenes.
1938 R. Goldschmidt Physiol. Genetics ii. v. 107 Landauer (1933) found a dominigene for the frizzle character of fowl.
1940 Nature 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.
1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After x. 242 Dominance can be modified by certain genes in the genic milieu for which the term dominigenes has been proposed.
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