For Most Continuously Varying Characters, Offspring Are Intermediate Between Their

question 64

Multiple Choice

For most continuously varying characters, offspring are intermediate between their parents because

• A) of blending inheritance.
• B) genetic transmission involves faithful copying of the genes themselves, followed by the averaging of the gene's effects during development.
• C) mutation is constantly introducing new alleles, some of which will produce new phenotypes.
• D) natural selection reduces variation.

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