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Traits, such as height and skin color, which are controlled by more than one gene are called

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i believe they are phenotypes
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User Anatoli Klamer
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Such traits are called polygenic trait. Height is controlled by three genes (six alleles). If the person is dominant for all of the alleles of height, then he will exhibit tall phenotype. Similarly skin color is also a polygenic trait.

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