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Oligogenic inheritance (Greek ὀλίγος – ὀligos = few, a little) describes a trait that is influenced by a few genes. Oligogenic inheritance represents an intermediate between monogenic inheritance in which a trait is determined by a single causative gene, and polygenic inheritance, in which a trait is influenced by many genes and often environmental factors.[1]

Historically, many traits were thought to be governed by a single causative gene (in what is deemed monogenic inheritance), however work in genetics revealed that these traits are comparatively rare, and in most cases so-called monogenic traits are predominantly influenced by one gene, but can be mediated by other genes of small effect.[2]

  1. ^ Badano, Jose L.; Katsanis, Nicholas (October 2002). "Beyond Mendel: an evolving view of human genetic disease transmission". Nature Reviews Genetics. 3 (10): 779–789. doi:10.1038/nrg910. PMID 12360236. S2CID 4714288.
  2. ^ Robinson, Jon F.; Katsanis, Nicholas (2010). "Oligogenic Disease". Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 243–262. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-37654-5_8. ISBN 978-3-540-37653-8.

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