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 sharon’s 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:

1. Eye color is a polygenic trait, meaning it is controlled by multiple genes rather than a single pair. This explains how Sharon can have green eyes even though her parents have brown and blue eyes, as combinations of different alleles from both parents can produce an intermediate or different phenotype.
2. A polygenic inheritance pattern directly describes traits controlled by many genes, which matches the genetic basis of eye color.
3. The other options are incorrect: eye color is inherited from both parents, it is not controlled by one gene pair, and it is clearly an inherited trait.

Answer:

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