NEET Biology question

Statement 1 (Assertion): Human skin colour is controlled by 3 pairs of genes. Statement 2 (Reason): Skin colour in humans shows pleiotropic inheritance.

(A)Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
(B)Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
(C)Assertion is true but reason is falseCorrect
(D)Both assertion and reason are false

Answer: (C)

Solution

Human skin colour is conventionally modelled as controlled by 3 independently assorting gene pairs, each contributing additively to pigmentation (Statement 1 is true). However, this is the definition of polygenic inheritance (many genes

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