Question #6423568Single Choice

Biology

Question

In a certain insect, the color of the exoskeleton is determined by a gene with three alleles. When these alleles combine, they produce a pattern that is not predicted by the simple two-factor model. This is an exception because:

Options

The presence of three alleles instead of two increases the complexity.

The alleles might be interacting in a non-Mendelian way.

There could be other genes that modify the expression of these alleles.

The environment is affecting the expression of these alleles.

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