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yes it is controlled by more than one gene

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Yes by two genes.

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yes its polygenic

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How many genes control eye color and fur in a white tiger?

One. That's it.


What kind of trait is present when many different genes different genes control a single trait such as skin color?

epistasis


What kind of trait is present when many different genes control a single trait such as skin color?

polygenic


What kind of trait is present when many different genes control a single trait as a skin color?

polygenic


What kind of gene is present when many different genes control a single trait such as skin color?

polygenic


What kind of trait is present when many different genes control a single a single trait such as skin color?

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How many total base pairs are in all the mammalian genes?

3,000,000,000,


Do human cells have 46 genes?

No. The human cell has 23 chromosome pairs (total 46 chromosomes). Each chromosome has many genes.


How many genes are found on each of your chromosomes?

Humans have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), chromosomes are long strands of genes, and since the chromosomes come in pairs, so do the genes. There are 25,000 genes in the entire human genome, and since the haploid chromosome number is 23, there are about 100's of genes on the shorter chromosomes and approximately thousands on the longer chromsomes.


What are the functions that genes inherit?

Very many genes have their heritably determined functions 'set' to control the functions of other genes.


Do humans have 46 genes?

No. The human cell has 23 chromosome pairs (total 46 chromosomes). Each chromosome has many genes.


How many genes do cells obtain?

The number of genes varies from chromosome to chromosome and the number of chromosomes varies from species to species (from as few as 1 single chromosome per cell to as many 30,000 chromosome pairs per cell). Human cells have 23 chromosome pairs per cell.