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unit character
noun
, Genetics.
- a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
unit character
noun
- genetics a character inherited as a single unit and dependent on a single gene
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unit character1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
Tallness in the pea is a unit-character, and the gametes in which it is represented are said to contain the factor for tallness.
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It will, for instance, require very strong evidence to establish feeble-mindedness as a unit character.
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The inheritance of eye color serves as a paradigm of the method of inheritance of any unit-character.
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How can one speak of a unit character, when the "unit" has an infinite number of values?
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Despite the obscuration of imperfect dominance, polydactylism in poultry proves itself to be a unit-character that segregates.
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