Human skin color is an example of ____, while sickle-cell anemia is an example of ____.
A) multiple alleles; epistasis
B) incomplete dominance; multiple alleles
C) polygenic inheritance; pleiotropy
D) pleiotropy; polygenic inheritance
E) incomplete dominance; pleiotropy

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Human skin color is an example of polygenic inheritance, where multiple genes contribute to a single effect (the skin color). Sickle-cell anemia is an example of pleiotropy, where one gene influences multiple phenotypic traits.

Human Skin Color Is an Example of ____, While Sickle-Cell