{"id":38919,"date":"2020-09-07T08:11:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T08:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=38919"},"modified":"2023-06-20T07:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:46:06","slug":"polygenic-trait-product-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/polygenic-trait-product-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygenic (trait, product, etc.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trait or end product (e.g., in a grain-produced crop) that requires simultaneous expression of more than one gene. 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