- It is also known as quantitative inheritance or multiple genic inheritance or cumulative gene effect
- A character is controlled by many genes
- **Eg:**Skin colour in human, height in individual, hair colour, weight, intelligence, milk production in cattle, egg laying in chicken, etc
- A character controlled by many genes is known as polygenic character
- Each dominant gene shows additive effect or cumulative effect in the production of the phenotype
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