Genetics: A Conceptual Approach 6E w/ SaplingPlus (Six-Month Access)
Genetics: A Conceptual Approach 6E w/ SaplingPlus (Six-Month Access)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781319125929
Author: Benjamin A. Pierce
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 24.1, Problem 3COQ
Summary Introduction

To explain:

The reason as to why polygenic characteristics have many phenotypes.

Introduction:

Polygenic inheritance is an exception to Mendel’s laws. Polygenic traits have wide variations in them. These traits are regulated by more than one gene. Height is an example of a polygenic trait, which is controlled by three genes having six alleles. If a person is dominant in all the alleles, then height would be very tall. Another example of polygenic trait is skin colour in people.

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