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MeSH Heading: Multifactorial Inheritance
Tree Number(s): G05.420.590
Unique ID: D020412
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020412
Scope Note: A pattern of inheritance of a trait that includes the contributions from more than one gene.
Entry Term(s): Complex Inheritance; Complex Traits; Multigenic Inheritance; Multigenic Traits; Oligogenic Inheritance; Oligogenic Traits; Polygenic Characters; Polygenic Inheritance; Polygenic Traits
Previous Indexing: specific disease /genetics (1967-1998)
See Also: Epistasis, Genetic; Genes, Modifier; Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Public MeSH Note: 1999
History Note: 1999
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/05/29

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0030067
Scope Note: A pattern of inheritance of a trait that includes the contributions from more than one gene.
Terms: Multifactorial Inheritance Preferred Term
Term UI T060319
Date03/12/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Complex Inheritance
Term UI T000932296
Date09/26/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Multigenic Inheritance
Term UI T000935108
Date10/24/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Oligogenic Inheritance
Term UI T471205
Date11/28/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Polygenic Inheritance
Term UI T060320
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999)

Concept UI: M000636590
Terms: Polygenic Traits Preferred Term
Term UI T060321
Date03/12/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Complex Traits
Term UI T000932299
Date09/26/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Multigenic Traits
Term UI T000935109
Date10/24/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Oligogenic Traits
Term UI T471208
Date11/28/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003)

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