The distribution of the height of humans is a normal distribution. There are some very tall people and some very short people, but most people are in the middle. What is most likely true about this trait?

A. Being tall is a dominant trait.

B. There are only two alleles for height.

C. It is a Mendelian trait.

D. It is controlled by several different genes.

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Matilda Vang

17 March, 16:38

The distribution of the height of humans is a normal distribution. There are some very tall people and some very short people, but most people are in the middle. What is most likely true about this trait?

A. Being tall is a dominant trait.

B. There are only two alleles for height.

C. It is a Mendelian trait.

D. It is controlled by several different genes.

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Darion Ross · Answer 1

Based on the given results of varying height of people which is considered normal, this would mean that this is controlled by several different genes. There are some who are really short, and some are really tall, but most of them fall in the middle or say normal range. Answer for this would be option D.