Human skin colour is polygenic trait with each dominant determining a part of melanin deposition while the recessive are coding for no melanin. If a very dark skinned person marries a very light skinned women, the chances of a very dark skinned offspring are

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Human skin colour is polygenic trait with each dominant determining a part of melanin deposition while the recessive are coding for no melanin. If a very dark skinned person marries a very light skinned women, the chances of a very dark skinned offspring are (A) 1/64 (B) 1/4 (C) 5/8 (D) 9/64

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If a very dark skinned person marries a very light skinned women, the chances of a very dark skinned offspiring are zero. <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/biology/8d320a0f6f05a08cc13f6105cb9f5c24-.png" />

Q. Human skin colour is polygenic trait with each dominant determining a part of melanin deposition while the recessive are coding for no melanin. If a very dark skinned person marries a very light skinned women, the chances of a very dark skinned offspring are

$1/64$

$1/4$

$5/8$

$9/64$

If a very dark skinned person marries a very light skinned women, the chances of a very dark skinned offspiring are zero.