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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mod·i·fi·er / ˈmädəˌfīər/ • n. a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something. ∎ Gram. a word, esp. an adjective or noun used attributively, that restricts or adds to the sense of a head noun (e.g., good and family in a good family house). ∎ Genetics a gene that modifies the phenotypic expression of a gene at another locus.

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

modifier A gene that modifies the phenotypic expression of another gene.

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

modifier A gene that modifies the phenotypic expression of another gene.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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