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Definition of Additive genetic effects
Medically reviewed by Dr. Otari Nergadze, Neurosurgeon | Updated: January 2026
Additive genetic effects: A mechanism of quantitative inheritance such that the combined effects of genetic alleles at two or more gene loci are equal to the sum of their individual effects.