Your Professor Mentions in a Lecture That Activity Level Follows

question 124

Multiple Choice

Your professor mentions in a lecture that activity level follows a polygenic pattern of inheritance. You, having already read

• A) activity level is a recessive trait.
• B) a single gene determines activity level.
• C) there is no evidence of a genetic influence on activity level.
• D) activity level is determined by the combination of many genes.

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