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Polygenic inheritance occurs when one characteristic is controlled by two or more genes. Often the genes are large in quantity but small in effect. Examples of human polygenic inheritance are height, skin color, eye color and weight. Polygenes exist in other organisms, as well.
Examples of human polygenic inheritance are height, skin colour and weight. Polygenes allow a wide range of physical traits. For instance, height is regulated by several genes so that there will be a wide range of heights in a population. Word origin: poly = many + genic = of genes. See also: polygene, inheritance, phenotype. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 25 June 2008, at 12:25.This page has been accessed 389,245 times.