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Related to quantitative genetics: population genetics
the formal study of measurable genetic traits, traditionally but not necessarily confined to galtonian genetics.
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n. (used with a sing. verb)
The study of the effects that heredity and environment have on traits that can be quantitatively measured, such as size.
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