Skin color in humans is at least partially hereditary; dark-skinn...

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Skin color in humans is at least partially hereditary; dark-skinned parents tend to have dark-skinned children. But humans come in a range of skin tones. Which extension of Mendel's model accounts for the hereditary variation in human skin color?

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Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So many people who are affected by asthma have either inherited genetic mutations or SNPs enhancing the risk of developing the condition. When certain small substances and particles from the environment are inhaled. They can trigger are allergic reactions or irritate the airways eventually leading to asthma attacks. Hen asthma is a n blank disease. So what type of disease is asthma? Well we usually have diseases that are solely genetic and some examples of these diseases are X linked wide length or out of somo based diseases. These are only created by certain affections to our genes. However, asthma has the genetic part in the sense that it is created by inherited genetic mutations or SNPs but it also has an environmental side certain particles that we may inhale can trigger the allergic reactions that lead to asthma. So it has a generic and environmental aspects because of this asthma is said to be a multifactorial disease or answer choice. A I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.

Skin color in humans is at least partially hereditary; dark-skinned parents tend to have dark-skinned children. But humans come in a range of skin tones. Which extension of Mendel's model accounts for the hereditary variation in human skin color?

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