RE-NEET2024Botany-Genetics

RE-NEET 2024 Botany Polygenic Inheritance Assertion Reason Question

Type: Assertion Reason-conceptual-Medium

Given below are two statements: Statement I: When many alleles of a single gene govern a character, it is called polygenic inheritance. Statement II: In Polygenic inheritance, the effect of each allele is additive. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

A

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

B

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

C

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

D

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Correct Answer

Option B

Detailed Explanation

Polygenic inheritance involves multiple genes (not alleles of a single gene) contributing to a trait, and the effects of these genes are additive.

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