Definition of monogenic in English:
monogenic
adjective ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪkˌmänōˈjenik
Genetics Involving or controlled by a single gene.
Example sentencesExamples
- The inheritance of apospory has been investigated in a considerable number of plant species and, remarkably, is always inherited as a monogenic dominant trait.
- A monogenic inheritance is unlikely when considering the low prevalence and high frequency of the suspected disease locus.
- Another difficulty when working with agronomically relevant traits is that many quantitative traits are not inherited in a monogenic manner but are controlled by multiple genes.
- Classical genetics of human disease deals with monogenic disorders in which a single mutation in a single gene is causatively related to the phenotype.
- A large number of genes have been described and assigned to specific locations among the 12 chromosomes, and numerous monogenic mutants are available.