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Why Is height a good example of polygenic inheritance?


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Polygenic inheritance:

  1. Polygenic inheritance is the inheritance of traits or characters influenced by multiple genes.
  2. Polygenic inheritance involves the governance of three genes.
  3. The trait height is an example of a polygenic trait that is controlled by at least 3 genes.
  4. Individual height varies and has a wide range of possibilities.

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