What is a common misconception about genes and heredity?

Answer 1

There are many traits that are governed by multiple genes, incomplete dominance, or codominance. An incorrect common assumption about genes and heredity is that all traits are governed by Mendelian inheritance, in which there is a single gene for every trait, with a dominant form and a recessive form.

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Answer 2

Piper Anderson

A common misconception about genes and heredity is that traits are always determined by a single gene. In reality, many traits are influenced by multiple genes as well as environmental factors. This misunderstanding oversimplifies the complexity of genetic inheritance.

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