- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 26
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Elena SERRANO BERTOS, Elena Irene ZAMORA RAMÍREZ
- Creation / modification date: 27-02-2014
- Term: multifactorial inheritance
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Mutation within a gene, which, in combination with other factors, such as environmental or genetic modifiers, affects the phenotype and produces a malformation.
- Context: Multifactorial inheritance does not follow Mendelian patterns but is due to the interaction of genetic and environmental factors.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: KHER K., SCHNAPER, W.H. y S.P. MAKKER (Eds). (2007). Clinical Pediatric Nephrology. Second Edition. United Kingdom: Informa.
- Definition: KHER K., SCHNAPER, W.H. y S.P. MAKKER (Eds). (2007). Clinical Pediatric Nephrology. Second Edition. United Kingdom: Informa.
- Context: TUCKER BLACKBURN, S. (2012). Maternal, Fetal, & Neonatal Physiology. United States of America: Elsevier Health Sciences.
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