Multiple-factors
plural noun, Genetics.
1.
a series of two or more pairs of genes responsible for the development of complex, quantitative characters, as size or yield.
plural noun
1.
(genetics) two or more genes that act as a unit, producing cumulative effects in the phenotype
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