Polygenic Inheritance Combined with Environmental Influence Typically Produces a Wide

question 53

Multiple Choice

Polygenic inheritance combined with environmental influence typically produces a wide range of phenotypic classes that grade smoothly from one to the next.This type of pattern is known as

• A) punctilious variation.
• B) punctuationism.
• C) continuous variation.
• D) epistasis.

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Definitions:

Psychosurgery

A type of brain surgery, such as a lobotomy, used historically to treat mental disorders but now rarely performed and considered controversial.

Psychological Disorders

Patterns of behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or physical symptoms that lead to distress, disability, or impaired functioning.

Brain Tissue

Comprising neurons and glial cells, this tissue is fundamental to the central nervous system and is responsible for processing and transmitting information.

Prefrontal Lobotomy

Psychosurgery in which the connections of the prefrontal cortex to other areas of the brain are severed.