Question
The following table shows the number of dogs for certain tail lengths in a population of dogs.
Two column table with tail length in one, number of dogs in other
very short-2
short-5
medium-15
long-5
Based on this data, what type of trait is tail length in dogs?
(1 point)
Responses
pleiotropic
pleiotropic
polygenic
polygenic
Mendilian
Mendilian
codominant
codominant
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Two column table with tail length in one, number of dogs in other
very short-2
short-5
medium-15
long-5
Based on this data, what type of trait is tail length in dogs?
(1 point)
Responses
pleiotropic
pleiotropic
polygenic
polygenic
Mendilian
Mendilian
codominant
codominant
Skip to navigation
Answers
GPT 3.5
Based on this data, tail length in dogs is most likely a polygenic trait. This is because there are multiple categories (very short, short, medium, long) and each category has a different number of dogs associated with it. This suggests that multiple genes are influencing tail length in dogs.