量りょう的てき形けい質しつ

noun

quantitative trait; quantitative character

Technical term in biology, especially genetics, for a measurable phenotype that varies continuously and is influenced by multiple genes and the environment.

• 身しん長ちょうや体たい重じゅうは代だい表ひょう的てきな量りょう的てき形けい質しつです。

  Height and weight are typical quantitative traits.

• 量りょう的てき形けい質しつの遺い伝でん解かい析せきには統とう計けい的てき手しゅ法ほうが用もちいられる。

  Statistical methods are used for genetic analysis of quantitative traits.