Glossary - Quantitative trait

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Quantitative trait

Term Definition
Quantitative trait
Trait with a continuous phenotype. For instance, weaning weight does not have a distinct category of phenotypes, but a large variation in the actual measure of weights. Typically, these traits are influenced by many genes (polygenic trait).

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