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Additive genetic

effects

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Additive genetic effects occur when two


or more genes source a single contribution
to the final phenotype, or when alleles of a
single gene (in heterozygotes) combine so
that their combined effects equal the sum
of their individual effects.[1][2] Non-additive
genetic effects involve dominance (of
alleles at a single locus) or epistasis (of
alleles at different loci).

See also
Quantitative genetics

References
1. Rieger, R.; Michaelis, A.; Green, M.M.
(1968), A glossary of genetics and
cytogenetics: Classical and molecular,
New York: Springer-Verlag,
ISBN 9780387076683
2. http://www.medterms.com/script/mai
n/art.asp?articlekey=25508
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