Polygenic Inheritance May Result in a Continuum of Phenotypes Because

question 35

Multiple Choice

Polygenic inheritance may result in a continuum of phenotypes because

• A) as the number of genes controlling a trait increases and the influence of environment variation becomes greater, there is a blurring of discreteness
• B) the alleles for each gene are either completely dominant or recessive
• C) additive genes mean the characters are meristic
• D) correlations among various traits are always positive

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