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Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. Studies have linked a common form of glaucoma to three genes and more than 20 genetic loci. Which best describes glaucoma?
a recessive trait that requires multiple recessive alleles to be expressed
a polygenic trait that is influenced by the alleles of several genes
a codominant trait that is expressed more often when more dominant alleles are present
a dominant trait that depends on the presence of only one of many dominant alleles

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a polygenic trait that is influenced by the alleles of several genes

Explanation: involvement of multiple genes and many loci is the hallmark of polygenic (multifactorial) inheritance, not simple dominant/recessive or codominant single‑gene patterns.