Polygenic inheritance combined with environmental influence typically produces a wide range of phenotypic classes that grade smoothly from one to the next.This type of pattern is known as
A) punctilious variation.
B) punctuationism.
C) continuous variation.
D) epistasis.

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Continuous variation is the type of pattern produced by polygenic inheritance combined with environmental influence, where the phenotypic classes grade smoothly from one to the next. Punctilious variation and punctuationism refer to discontinuous variation, which is not applicable in this scenario. Epistasis is not relevant to this type of pattern.

Polygenic Inheritance Combined with Environmental Influence Typically Produces a Wide