When an Individual of African Descent Marries and Has Children

question 61

Multiple Choice

When an individual of African descent marries and has children with an individual of European descent their children often have a mid shade of skin color. This can best be described as

• A) X-linked inheritance.
• B) polygenic inheritance.
• C) pleiotropic inheritance.
• D) the dominance of the gene for dark skin tone.

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