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Samantha learned from her science teacher that her height resulted from about 180 genes,each contributing a tiny amount of genetic information.She learned that her height was due to:

A) additive genes.
B) dominant genes.
C) recessive genes.
D) nonadditive genes.

Additive Genes

Genetic models where the effects of individual genes add up to influence a trait, without dominance between alleles.

Dominant Genes

Genes that express their traits in the phenotype, regardless of the presence of their recessive counterparts in an organism's genotype.

Recessive Genes

Genes that produce their characteristic phenotype only when their allele is identical and not masked by a dominant allele in a pair.

  • Describe the theory of polygenicity and its connection to traits in humans.
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