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Is hair colour a polygenic trait?


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Hair colour:

  1. A trait that is influenced by two or more genes, such as height or skin tone, is referred to as a polygenic trait.
  2. Hair colour is, in fact, a polygenic trait.
  3. Human skin colour and eye colour are also examples of polygenic traits.
  4. These qualities are polygenic because they are influenced by several alleles at various loci.
  5. When two or more genes govern the same characteristic, polygenic inheritance occurs.
  6. Genes, in general, have a tiny effect but a big quantity.

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