UNIT CHARACTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unit character mean? 

• UNIT CHARACTER (noun)
  The noun UNIT CHARACTER has 1 sense:

1. (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene

  Familiarity information: UNIT CHARACTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIT CHARACTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unit character" is a kind of...):

character ((genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)