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Which of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance?
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: A) Skin pigmentation in humans         
         
Explanation: 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.
       
      
      
      
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