Which of the following terms refers to the situation where a single characteristic, such as height, is determined by the effects of many genes?

Answer Polygenic inheritance

"Poly-" meaning many and "-genic" referring to genes. Typically, a character that exhibits a continuous distribution (an unbroken range, such as for height and weight) is the result of polygenic inheritance.

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