Multifactorial Inheritance
"Multifactorial Inheritance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phenotypic outcome (physical characteristic or disease predisposition) that is determined by more than one gene. Polygenic refers to those determined by many genes, while oligogenic refers to those determined by a few genes.
| Descriptor ID |
D020412
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.420.590
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| Concept/Terms |
Multifactorial Inheritance- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Inheritance, Multifactorial
- Inheritances, Multifactorial
- Multifactorial Inheritances
Polygenic Inheritance- Polygenic Inheritance
- Inheritance, Polygenic
- Inheritances, Polygenic
- Polygenic Inheritances
- Polygenic Traits
- Polygenic Trait
- Trait, Polygenic
- Traits, Polygenic
- Polygenic Characters
- Character, Polygenic
- Characters, Polygenic
- Polygenic Character
Oligogenic Inheritance- Oligogenic Inheritance
- Inheritance, Oligogenic
- Inheritances, Oligogenic
- Oligogenic Inheritances
- Oligogenic Traits
- Oligogenic Trait
- Trait, Oligogenic
- Traits, Oligogenic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Multifactorial Inheritance" by people in this website by year, and whether "Multifactorial Inheritance" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Multifactorial Inheritance" by people in Profiles.
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Associations of genetic risk and modifiable lifestyle factors with comorbid psoriasis and Crohns disease. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2025 Oct 27; 50(11):2232-2239.
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Risk score roulette: A cautionary tale of polygenic risk score reliability. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Nov; 108(1):65-70.
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Governance of polygenic embryo screening: a qualitative study on the perspectives of clinicians and patients. Fertil Steril. 2026 Feb; 125(2):338-347.
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The Causal Pivot: A structural approach to genetic heterogeneity and variant discovery in complex diseases. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 Sep 04; 112(9):2232-2246.
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Eugenics and polygenic embryo screening: Public, clinician, and patient perceptions of conditions versus traits. Genet Med. 2025 Sep; 27(9):101507.
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Evaluation of Multiple Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Panels in Women of Latin American Heritage. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Feb 06; 34(2):234-245.
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Polygenic Score for Clinicopathologic Features and Survival Outcomes in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Feb 01; 151(2):113-120.
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MYO5B and the Polygenic Landscape of Very Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease in an Ethnically Diverse Population. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2025 01 06; 31(1):189-199.
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Plasma protein-based and polygenic risk scores serve complementary roles in predicting inflammatory bowel disease. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2025; 30:522-534.
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Discovery and prioritization of genetic determinants of kidney function in 297,355 individuals from Taiwan and Japan. Nat Commun. 2024 10 29; 15(1):9317.