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?

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Responses

pleiotropic
pleiotropic

polygenic
polygenic

Mendilian
Mendilian

codominant
codominant
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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.