4.3 Multiple Alleles and Polygenetics

4.3 Multiple Alleles and Polygenetics

Multiple Choice

If a persons genotype was AABbCc for height. How many genes do they have for this trait?

• 6

• 3

• 4

• 5

Multiple Choice

This is when a trait is controlled by more than one gene.

• Multiple alleles
• Polygenetic inheritance
• Codominance
• Incomplete Dominance 

Multiple Choice

Examples include skin color and height (the individual's phenotype exists somewhere along a spectrum)

• polygenic inheritance

• multiple alleles

• linked genes

• incomplete dominance

Multiple Choice

A single gene has 3 or more alleles. These are called

• multiple genes

• multiple alleles

• codominance

• polygenic traits

Multiple Choice

What type of inheritance is determined by multiple genes and there can be a range of traits?

• Codominance

• Incomplete dominance

• Polygenic traits

Multiple Choice

The different forms of a gene are called

• traits

• pollinators

• alleles

• hybrids

Multiple Choice

The physical appearance of an organisms is its

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• characteristic

• Heterozygous