Question

select all the correct answers.
sharon has green eyes. her mother has brown eyes, and her dad has blue eyes. which two statements best explain eye color in sharons family?
□ eye color is controlled by many genes.
□ eye color is inherited from only one parent.
□ eye color is controlled by only one pair of genes.
□ eye color is not an inherited trait.
□ eye color has a polygenic inheritance pattern.

Explanation:

Eye color is an inherited trait. Polygenic inheritance means a trait is controlled by many genes. Since Sharon has a different eye color than both parents (green, while mother has brown and dad has blue), it shows it's not controlled by one pair of genes (if it were, more likely to follow simple dominant - recessive from one parent). And polygenic inheritance (many genes involved) can lead to a wide range of phenotypes (like green eyes here different from parents' brown and blue).

Answer:

Eye color is controlled by many genes. Eye color has a polygenic inheritance pattern.