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Genetics

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Set 22 Inheritance Of Complex Traits

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Question 1

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Traits in which phenotypic variation can be measured in a sample of individuals from the population are known as

A) qualitative traits.
B) quantitative traits.
C) unique traits.
D) statistical traits.
E) standard traits.

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Question 2

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Which of the following statistics is useful for describing quantitative traits?

A) Correlation coefficient
B) Frequency distribution
C) Mode of the frequency distribution
D) Mean
E) All of these

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Question 3

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The evidence that threshold traits in humans have a genetic basis has come from the study of

A) non-related individuals.
B) marriage partners.
C) parents and children.
D) twins.
E) None of these

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