What are polygenes? Explain with suitable example.
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Polygenes: Characters are determined by two or more gene pairs, and they have additive or cumulative effect. Such genes are called cumulative genes or polygenes or multiple factors.
An example of human skin colour to understand the phenomenon of polygenic inheritance
An example of human skin colour to understand the phenomenon of polygenic inheritance
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Polygenes:
- Polygene is a concept that has an involvement of many genes that govern a single character.
- These genes are usually cumulative, that is the expression of one gene is always influenced by the others of that same type.
- It is usually a continuous distribution that has a bell shaped curve.
Example:
A classic example of this is the human skin colour, and this particular characteristic is governed by 3 different genes.
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