quantitative character A heritable feature in a population that varies continuously as a result of environmental influences and the additive effect of two or more genes (polygenic inheritance). quaternary structure ...
[1] Completely homozygous genotypes are precisely repeatable and hence heritability of quantitative characters is increased leading to improved selection efficiency.
This program's main objective was to continue the phylogenetic and quantitative characterization, without cultivation, of ecosystem constituents that are known to be associated with particular hightemperature sites.
See also: Life, Organ, Bacteria, Cells, Genome
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