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Which among the following sentence is wrong about quantitative inheritance:

A
A character is controlled by more than two genes, where every genes are biallelic
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This phenomenon is quantitative
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The character will have many contrasting forms in the population and they do not have clear cut differences
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It is a population character
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Solution

The correct option is D It is a population character
Quantitative inheritance is the genetic inheritance of a character that is controlled by polygenes. In this, each biallelic gene has a specific quantitative effect. The phenomenon is quantitative. The character will have many contrasting forms in the population and they do not have clear cut differences.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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