Multifactorial Inheritance Flashcards
1
Q
What is the name for a trait that has many contributing genes?
Which type of traits is this mostly true for?
What type of distribution is shown?
What is important for overall phenotype?
A
- polygenic
- true for most quantitiative traits
- height and weight
- blood pressure
- normal distribution
- many genes w/ large or small additive effcts; enviornment can be important for phenotype
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