Understanding all about Polygenic inheritance , its characteristics, and some common examples of Polygenic inheritance

What is the difference between Pleiotropy and Polygenic Inheritance? Pleiotropy has three genotypic outcomes; polygenic inheritance has many genotypic ..

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What is the difference between Multiple Alleles and Polygenic Traits? Multiple alleles refer to a series of three or more alternative forms of a gene. A ...

The main difference between monogenic and polygenic inheritance is that in monogenic inheritance, a single gene determines a single trait while polygenic..

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Polygenic inheritance is the inheritance of traits such as skin color, eye color, and hair color, that are determined by more than one gene.

Continuous and discontinuous variation 10.2.U.4 The phenotypes of polygenic characteristics tend to show continuous variation. Continuous and discontinuous variation When an array of possible phenotypes can be produced, it is called continuous variation Examples: skin color, height. When only a small number of phenotypes can be produced, it is called discontinuous variation Examples: earlobe attachment, blood group