Your professor mentions in a lecture that activity level follows a polygenic pattern of inheritance. You, having already read
A) activity level is a recessive trait.
B) a single gene determines activity level.
C) there is no evidence of a genetic influence on activity level.
D) activity level is determined by the combination of many genes.

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The statement that activity level follows a polygenic pattern of inheritance suggests that it is not controlled by a single gene (B) and that there is evidence of a genetic influence (C). The fact that it is polygenic indicates that it is determined by the combination of many genes (D) rather than being a recessive trait (A).

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