Human skin color varies widely around the world, and children do not always exhibit the exact same coloring as their parents. Based on this information, what is true about human skin color?

Skin color is not a genetic trait.

A single pair of alleles controls this trait.

It's an example of incomplete dominance.

It's an example of polygenic inheritance.

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Emely Ibarra

Physics

12 February, 20:21

Human skin color varies widely around the world, and children do not always exhibit the exact same coloring as their parents. Based on this information, what is true about human skin color?

Skin color is not a genetic trait.

A single pair of alleles controls this trait.

It's an example of incomplete dominance.

It's an example of polygenic inheritance.

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Aracely Burns · Answer 1

I would say Its an example of polygenic inheritance because The determination of a particular characteristic, e. g. height or skin colour, by many genes (polygenes), each having a small effect individually. Characteristics controlled in this way show continuous variation.