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On what basis is the skin colour in humans considered polygenic ?

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Human skin colour is a polygenic trait because it is controlled by three or more genes.
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  • Skin colour in man is controlled by

    A
    Three pairs of polygenes
    B
    Duplicate genes
    C
    Six pairs of polygenes
    D
    Supplementary genes

  • Skin colour in humans is an example of

    A
    Polygenic inheritance
    B
    Pleiotropy
    C
    Qualitative traits
    D
    More than one option is correct .

  • In frog the skin colour is due to

    A
    upper layer of yellow lipophores
    B
    middle layer of guanophores
    C
    lowest layer of melanophores
    D
    all of these

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