Polygenic inheritance involves the determination of a particular phenotypic characteristic by many genes, called polygenes(group of genes influencing a quantitative characteristic), each having a small effect individually.
Height and skin colour in humans are examples of Polygenic characters.
We know that, solids have definite shapes and definite volumes, whereas liquids have definite volumes but indefinite shapes and coming to gases it has indefinite volumes and indefinite shapes.
Hence, only in solids, the forces of attraction limit the motion of particles.
An index is an optional structure associated with a table to have direct access to rows, which can be created to increase the performance of data retrieval. Index can be created on one or more columns of a table.
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Which elements are most abundant in living organisms?
A) oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus
B) carbon, potassium, iron, magnesium, hydrogen, and nitrogen
C) hydrogen, carbon, calcium, potassium, oxygen, and phosphorus
D) oxygen, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, hydrogen, and carbon
A) oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus
B) carbon, potassium, iron, magnesium, hydrogen, and nitrogen
C) hydrogen, carbon, calcium, potassium, oxygen, and phosphorus
D) oxygen, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, hydrogen, and carbon
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: A) oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus
Explanation:
Living organisms often contain trace amounts of several elements, but the most abundant ones are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, sulphur and phosphorus.