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unit character

noun

, Genetics.
  1. a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.


unit character

noun

  1. genetics a character inherited as a single unit and dependent on a single gene
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

It will, for instance, require very strong evidence to establish feeble-mindedness as a unit character.

The inheritance of eye color serves as a paradigm of the method of inheritance of any unit-character.

How can one speak of a unit character, when the "unit" has an infinite number of values?

Despite the obscuration of imperfect dominance, polydactylism in poultry proves itself to be a unit-character that segregates.

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