The average U. S. male weight is 195.7 pounds and the average U. S. female weight is 168.5pounds. There are many U. S. men and women that are both well above and below those values. Would human weight be a Mendelian character? If not, what kind of inheritance pattern doyou think it is? Briefly explain/defend your answer either way.

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Sherlyn Tapia

4 March, 03:39

The average U. S. male weight is 195.7 pounds and the average U. S. female weight is 168.5pounds. There are many U. S. men and women that are both well above and below those values. Would human weight be a Mendelian character? If not, what kind of inheritance pattern doyou think it is? Briefly explain/defend your answer either way.

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Jay Reid · Answer 1

Human weight is a case of polygenic legacy. In polygenic legacy, qualities are dictated by numerous qualities. The qualities adding to an attribute have equivalent impact and the alleles for the quality have an added substance impact. Polygenic attributes display deficient predominance, where one allele doesn't totally rule another allele. The phenotype of the posterity is a blend of the phenotype acquired from the parent alleles.