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modifier gene
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  modifier gene - a gene that modifies the effect produced by another genemodifiercistron, gene, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" |
modifier gene
modifier gene[′mäd·ə‚fī·ər ‚jēn] (genetics) A gene that alters the phenotypic expression of a nonallelic gene. modifier gene
mod·i·fi·er genea nonallelic gene that controls or changes the manifestation of a gene by interfering with its transcription.modifier gene any gene that alters the phenotypic expression of a nonallelic gene. see GENETIC BACKGROUND.modifier gene
Related to modifier gene: recessive epistasis, epistaticSynonyms for modifier genenoun a gene that modifies the effect produced by another geneSynonymsRelated Words |