NEET Biology question

Which of the following pairs of features is a good example of polygenic inheritance?

(A)Human height and skin colourCorrect
(B)ABO blood groups in humans and flower colour of *Mirabilis jalapa*
(C)Hair pigment of mouse and tongue rolling in humans
(D)Humans eye colour and sickle cell anaemia

Answer: (A)

Solution

Polygenic inheritance involves several genes contributing additively to produce a continuous range of phenotypes for one trait, exactly as seen in human height and skin colour, matching option (a); ABO blood group (multiple allelism) and

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