Quantitative Traits Typically Have Multiple Genetic Influences in Which Alleles

question 15

Multiple Choice

Quantitative traits typically have multiple genetic influences in which alleles of a number of genes contribute individual amounts to the final phenotype without classical dominance or epistasis.The term used for the observed variation that results from this is

• A)V_A.
• B)V_D.
• C)V_E.
• D)V_G.
• E)V_I.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A metric that calculates how much a dataset's values spread out or diverge from their average.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a type of continuous probability distribution where data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a data set, representing the average squared deviation from the mean.

Standard Normal

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, commonly used in statistical analyses.