oligogenen.
/ˌɒlᵻɡə(ʊ)ˈdʒiːn/, U.S. /ˈˌɑləɡoʊˈdʒin/, /ˈˌoʊləɡoʊˈdʒin/ Genetics.
A gene that determines or has a major effect on a phenotypic trait. Cf. polygene n.
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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
1943 K. Mather in Biol. Rev. 18 40 Dominance in polygenes, unlike dominance of the familiar laboratory oligogenes, cannot depend on an intrinsic advantage of one allelomorph over the other.
1985 Jrnl. Molecular Biol. 182 359 The single copy gene Amy-1a..is strongly expressed in..one member of the pancreas-specific Amy-2a oligogene family.
2002 Ann. Human Genetics 66 87 Linkage tests to localize oligogenes have been extended during the past year.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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