Question
In a specific flowering plant, the pink flower color is
not due to a Mendelian single-gene interaction but rather appears to be due to multiple genes acting together. What term best describes this type of inheritance?Solution
Polygenic inheritance refers to the type of inheritance in which a trait is governed by two or more genes that may be on the same or on different chromosomes, often resulting in a continuous range of phenotypes, such as pink flowers varying in intensity.
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