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In human beings, the colour of skin is controlled by
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Polygenic effect
In humans, skin colour is determined by three pairs of genes present at a different gene locus, thus it is polygenic inheritance. Each dominant allele contributes equally to the expression of the character and the net phenotype is due to the contribution of each dominant allele.
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