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23 October, 23:07

Inheritance of skin color in humans is dependent not only upon the melanin synthesis genes but also upon a number of other genes. What type of inheritance is exhibited in this case?

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  1. 23 October, 23:21
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    This type of inheritance exhibited would be a polygenic inheritance. This occurs when one trait is controlled by two or more genes. Oftentimes the genes here are large in quantity bu has small effect. Other examples of such are height, eye color and weight.
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