Term: polygene: a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
Candidate hypernym: gene: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity → 1
Candidate hypernym: helmsman: the person who steers a ship → 0
Candidate hypernym: bombazine: a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted → 0
Candidate hypernym: leave: the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty → 0
Candidate hypernym: white alder: tree of western United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: snap: the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand → 0
Candidate hypernym: anode: a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device → 0
Candidate hypernym: argyrodite: a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur → 0
Candidate hypernym: writing: the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) → 0
Candidate hypernym: coaster: a resident of a coastal area → 0
Candidate hypernym: tree lupine: evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia → 0