unit character

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	character,
definition	:	(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes (noun.attribute)

domain category	:	genetic science, genetics,
definition	:	the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition)