Traits that display a continuous distribution such as height or skin color are polygenic. Some examples of polygenic traits include characteristics that exist in this range of variables such as height skin color and eye color as well as hair color.
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Polygenic traits such as height or weight. Because height is determined by multiple gene variants an inheritance pattern called polygenic inheritance it is difficult to accurately predict how tall a child will be. Polygenic traits such as height or weight are often influenced by the environment of the organism. Polygenic inheritance occurs when one characteristic is controlled by two or more genes. Some of the genes are expressed more or less strongly and environmental factors may influence the trait as well. Often the genes are large in quantity but small in effect. Polygenes exist in other organisms as well.
Ist1j lo ist1j3 ek syi3 eu syi3b lo syi3b1 ek traits that are controlled by multiple genes andor influenced by the environment. Typical examples of polygenic traits in humans are height eye color and skin color. Polygenic inheritance and environmental effects ap bio. Polygenic traits such as height or weight are often influenced by the environment of the organism. Traits phenotypes and genotypes. Polygenic traits have a bell shaped distribution in a population with most individuals inheriting various combinations of alleles and falling within the middle range of the curve for a particular trait.
Examples of polygenic traits include skin color eye color hair color body shape height and weight. The combined influence of the many genes results in a continuous variation in the characteristic. Examples of human polygenic inheritance are height skin color eye color and weight. The inheritance of polygenic traits does not show the phenotypic ratios characteristic of mendelian inheritance though each of the genes contributing to the trait is inherited as described by gregor mendel. An estimated 400 genes are related to height and each one of these genes plays a role in a persons final height. You may think that this is an unreasonably high number.
Some examples of polygenic traits are height skin color eye color and hair color. Identifying other height genes and variants with large or small effects is an active area of genetic research. Video of the day. Instead of being measured discretely they are often represented as a range of continuous variation. Because multiple genes are involved polygenic traits do not follow mendels pattern of inheritance. True a testcross involved an individual exhibiting the dominant phenotype but an unknown genotype being crossed with an individual that has an genotype.
Gallery of Polygenic Traits Such As Height Or Weight
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