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A polygenic inheritance in human beings is
BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationJIPMERJIPMER 2011
Options:
  • A skin colour
  • B sickle cell anaemia
  • C colour blindness
  • D phenylketonuria
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The correct answer is: skin colour
Genes that when acting individually have a small effect but that collectively produce a significant phenotypic expression are called polygenes, e.g., inheritance of kernel colour in wheat and skin colour in human.

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