The "d" and "D" alleles are used for lighter and darker skin colour in humans, respectively. By keeping in view the inheritance pattern of skin colour in human beings(controlled by 3 genes), choose which combination shows medium skin colour from the following picture:
Correct answer: B. Column C
- A. Column A
- B. Column C
- C. Column D
- D. Column E
Explanation
The correct answer is Column C because it presents a balanced number of dominant (D) and recessive (d) alleles across all three genes, which results in a medium skin color. In contrast, Column A is incorrect as it shows homozygous recessive alleles (ddd) for all genes, leading to the lightest possible skin color. Column D is incorrect because it fails to show a balance between dominant and recessive alleles, skewing towards either lighter or darker skin. Column E is incorrect as it does not reflect the polygenic nature of skin color inheritance, which involves multiple genes working together, not just a single gene or row.
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