In the early part of the twentieth century, Nilsson-Ehle and others described experiments showing that multiple loci may be involved in the inheritance of certain traits. Such patterns are often called ________

A) continuous traits B) polygenic traits
C) indeterminate traits D) threshold traits


Answer: B

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