Q.
Which one of the following is an example for polygenic inheritance?
see full answer
Talk to JEE/NEET 2025 Toppers - Learn What Actually Works!
Real Strategies. Real People. Real Success Stories - Just 1 call away
An Intiative by Sri Chaitanya
a
Phenylketonuria
b
Height of human beings
c
Blood groups in man
d
Flower color in Snapdragon
answer is B.
(Unlock A.I Detailed Solution for FREE)
Ready to Test Your Skills?
Check your Performance Today with our Free Mock Test used by Toppers!
Take Free Test
Detailed Solution
With respect to height of human beings, we just don't have short and tall people but have people with lot of variation in their heights. It indicates that the character is influenced by more than two genes. Hence, it is described as polygenic inheritance.Blood grouping is co-dominance pattern of inheritance.Flower colour in Snapdragon is incomplete dominance pattern of inheritance.Phenylketonuria is pleiotropic pattern of inheritance in which single gene product can influence more than one characters.
Watch 3-min video & get full concept clarity