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Standard XIII
Biology
What Is Polygenic Inheritance?
Quantitative ...
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Quantitative traits are influenced by multiple alleles of a single genes.
A
False
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Q.
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.
Column I
Column II
A.
A single trait controlled by three or more than three alleles
(i)
Pleiotropy
B.
A single trait controlled by three or more than three genes
(ii)
Multiple alleles
C.
A single gene exhibits multiple phenotypic expression
(iii)
Polygenic inheritance
Q.
When one gene influences multiple unrelated phenotypic traits, then it is known as:
Q.
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is an alternative form of a gene. Organisms typically have
alleles for a single trait.
Q.
Match the following
I
II
A
Dominance
i
In a heterozygous organism both alleles express themselves fully
B
Epistasis
ii
A single gene influences many characters
C
Pleiotropy
iii
One gene is suppressed by other gene.
D
Codominance
iv
One allele masks the other allele of the same gene
Q.
Mutation in a single gene can lead to changes in multiple traits. This is an example of
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