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Give an example of a trait that is controlled by more than one gene.

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Polygenetic inheritance is the term used to describe a trait that is controlled by two or more genes. Some examples are height, skin, hair and eye color.
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The correct answer is polygenic inheritance.


Polygenetic is an example of a trait which controls more than one gene.

Polygenetic is termed as one group of non-epistatic genes which interacts additively to influence phenotypic trait.


A situation where a gene is identified it is called quantitative trait locus.

These genes here are pleiotropic.

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