What is the probability of having a child with a medium skin color in humans if both parents are heterozygous (AaBbCc)?
1. 1/64 2. 6/64
3. 15/64 4. 20/64
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): Polygenic traits are quantitative because they involve multiple genes.
Reason (R): In such traits the genes involved have more than two alleles.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. (A) is False but (R) is True.
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): The underlying mechanism of pleiotropy in most cases is the effect of a gene on metabolic pathways which contribute towards different phenotypes.
Reason (R): Pleiotropy occurs when one gene influences two or more seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits.
 
1. (A) is False but (R) is True
2. (A) is True but (R) is False
3. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
4. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
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Which of the following are characteristics of polygenic traits?
1. A single gene controls multiple phenotypes.
2. Phenotypes show a continuous range of variation.
3. Environment influences the expression of the trait.
4. Genes contributing to the trait show codominance.
Select the correct answer from the options below:
1. 1, 3
2. 2, 3
3. 2, 3, 4
4. 1, 2, 3, 4
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