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When hair color is polygenic, it means its color is influenced by more than one gene. Polygenes are nonallelic genes.

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What can polygenic inheritance can explain?

Polygenic inheritance is a reason for some of the variety in human appearance. Eye color, hair color and skin color are all polygenic traits. That is why there are dozens of possible eye colors instead or just two or three. The mixing of alleles from multiple genes increases the number of possible phenotypes.


Eye color and hair color are determined by?

Eye color and hair color are primarily determined by genetics. Specific genes inherited from parents play a major role in determining the color of a person's eyes and hair. Various combinations of genes can result in a wide range of eye and hair colors.


Name at least three traits that are a result of polygenic inheritance?

Height: Polygenic inheritance contributes to variations in height within a population due to the combined effects of multiple genes. Skin color: Skin color is determined by several genes working together in a polygenic manner. Eye color: Eye color is also influenced by polygenic inheritance, with variations arising from the interaction of multiple genes.


Traits controlled by two or more genes are called what?

Traits controlled by two or more genes are called polygenic traits. In polygenic inheritance, multiple genes work together to produce a particular phenotype, resulting in a wide range of possible variations. Examples include height, skin color, and eye color in humans.


What type two or more genes control a trait?

Polygenic inheritance is when two or more genes interact to control a trait. Each gene contributes to the phenotype in an additive manner, resulting in a continuous range of variations for the trait. Examples include human height and skin color.

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What is an example for polygenic traits in humans?

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What can polygenic inheritance can explain?

Polygenic inheritance is a reason for some of the variety in human appearance. Eye color, hair color and skin color are all polygenic traits. That is why there are dozens of possible eye colors instead or just two or three. The mixing of alleles from multiple genes increases the number of possible phenotypes.


Eye color and hair color are determined by?

Eye color and hair color are primarily determined by genetics. Specific genes inherited from parents play a major role in determining the color of a person's eyes and hair. Various combinations of genes can result in a wide range of eye and hair colors.


Traits that are shaped by many genes are called what?

Traits that are produced by the interaction of several genes are called polygenic traits. Examples of polygenic traits are height and skin color.


What are some polygenic traits?

Eye color, skin color... etc.


Eye color in human is the result of what inheritance?

polygenic


Name at least three traits that are a result of polygenic inheritance?

Height: Polygenic inheritance contributes to variations in height within a population due to the combined effects of multiple genes. Skin color: Skin color is determined by several genes working together in a polygenic manner. Eye color: Eye color is also influenced by polygenic inheritance, with variations arising from the interaction of multiple genes.


Traits controlled by two or more genes are called what?

Traits controlled by two or more genes are called polygenic traits. In polygenic inheritance, multiple genes work together to produce a particular phenotype, resulting in a wide range of possible variations. Examples include height, skin color, and eye color in humans.


What does it mean when boys ask you what color their hair is?

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What is the name of the trait that controls your eye color?

polygenic inheritance


Variation of human skin color is an example of?

polygenic traits


Is hair color incomplete dominance?

No, hair color is typically determined by multiple genes and can exhibit various inheritance patterns, such as incomplete dominance, codominance, or polygenic inheritance. Incomplete dominance refers to a situation where neither allele is completely dominant over the other, resulting in an intermediate phenotype.