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Q: How is skin color determined in humans?
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Skin color in humans is a simple trait and is determined by only one pair of genes or alleles true or false?

true


Is skin an example of a polygenetic trait in humans?

Skin color.


Skin color of humans is controlled by?

Phenotype


What type of inheritance pattern best describes how skin color is determined?

The melanocortin 1 receptor is primarily responsible for skin color.


Where does your skin get color?

Your skin gets its colour from the amount of melaninpresent in your skin as determined by your genetic makeup, and this comes from your parents.


What color is your skin?

The amount of melamine in the skin determines the color of the skin.Skin pigmentation is determined by melanin concentrations. Whether an individual is African or Caucasian, there is always melanin involved. (Only albinos lack melanin.)Well, you can have it, olive, brown, peachy yelowy colour black or blue. Blue is Smurfs.


What are human height weight and skin color are examples of characteristics determined by?

Polygenix Traits


What would happen if humans had no earlobe?

It is extremely common for humans to have no earlobe to speak of . . . it is hereditary just like eye color or skin color.


Who are the strongest humans white black brown?

The strength of a human is not determined upon the race or skin color. It doesnÕt matter if someone is white, black or brown, to determine strength it takes dedication and working out.


What race has the strongest DNA?

Not really. While 2 white people won't have a black baby, and vice-versa, there is no such thing as a dominant and recessive trait for skin color. Skin color is determined by many alleles, which is the reason humans have such a wide variety of skin colors. Some are light, some quite dark, and others have a medium skin tone.


What controls variations skin color among humans?

The variations in human skin color is controled by the amount of melanin within the epidermis or outer layer of skin. Albinos, or persons with little or no melanin in their skin, have very pale, pinkish skin, regardless of the skin color of their parents.


Which is an environmental factors that affects skin color in humans?

Sunlight (sun's UV radiation) is the major environmental factor that affects skin color in humans. Skin pigmentation (melanin) is responsible for skin color and it evolves primarily to regulate the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating the skin.