Polygenic Inheritance
Question
How many phenotypes are possible if a character is controlled by four pairs of polygene?
Moderate
Solution
If n = the number of gene pairs, then (2n + 1) will determine the total number of categories of phenotypes.
Therefore, if a character is controlled by four pairs of polygene , the number of phenotypes= 2x4+1=9
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