Eye Color Is Caused by Genes at Multiple Loci

question 27

Multiple Choice

Eye color is caused by genes at multiple loci.This phenomenon is called __________.

• A) pleiotropy
• B) sex linkage
• C) polygenic inheritance
• D) incomplete dominance
• E) multiple carriers

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