One pair of alleles controls eye color in fruit flies. More than ten different eye colors are possible, ranging from bright red to apricot to tan to white. What kind of inheritance is this? How do you know? (Is the answer Polygenic Inheritance?)

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One pair of alleles controls eye color in fruit flies.  More than ten different eye colors are possible, ranging from bright red to apricot to tan to white.  What kind of inheritance is this?  How do you know?  (Is the answer Polygenic Inheritance?)

alphadxg · Answer

Yes that's the correct answer, because polygenic refers to multiple different phenotypes.

alphadxg · Answer

@Angel360

alphadxg · Answer

well it looks like you figured it out :0

alphadxg · Answer

let me know if you need more elaboration, or you could just look online and get some more in detailed summary :D