Non-Mendelian Genetics

AP Biology· difficulty 1/5

Phenotype (e.g., height) Frequency

What does this bell-shaped phenotypic distribution most likely indicate?

  • A

    Mitochondrial inheritance.

  • B

    Single-gene Mendelian inheritance.

  • C

    Sex linkage.

  • D

    Polygenic inheritance with environmental contribution producing a continuous trait.

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Explanation

Continuous traits like height and skin color result from many genes acting additively; environmental influence further blurs categories, producing the smooth normal distribution.

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