Which is an example of a quantitative trait?

A. People who are homozygous for the group of genes associated with skin pigment have either lighter or darker skin than those who are heterozygous for those genes.
B. The alleles of the gene for red hair color is masked by the gene for brown hair color.
C. A person heterozygous for dwarfism will always have the dwarf phenotype.
D. A woman who has one allele for color blindness will not be color blind, but a man who has one allele for color blindness will be color blind.
E. 25% of the offspring from a cross of two fruit flies that are heterozygous for curly wings will have curly wings.


A. People who are homozygous for the group of genes associated with skin pigment have either lighter or darker skin than those who are heterozygous for those genes.

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