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BotanyNEET 2025Mendel's laws and deviations

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

What is the pattern of inheritance for a polygenic trait?

  1. A.Mendelian inheritance pattern
  2. B.Non-Mendelian inheritance pattern✓
  3. C.Autosomal dominant pattern
  4. D.X-linked recessive inheritance pattern

Solution

Polygenic traits such as skin colour and height are controlled by several genes with additive effects and show continuous variation — a non-Mendelian pattern.

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