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Polygenic phenotypes Misconception: polygons in genetics What it actually is: the fact that there can be many genes that affect the phenotypic outcome of an individual such as their hair colour and texture, their skin colour, and eye colour. Here we have a diagram with different coloured strings to illustrate the bell curve that shows us how the phenotypes are distributed, with white being on the far left, going into orange, then black, then purple. Mating barriers Misconception: mating barriers are physical barriers keeping members of the same species from having sex. What it actually is: mating barriers is an umbrella term for many things that prevent sex between members of the same species including the inability to recognize a member of your own species by sight, sound, or availability. Here we have a bird that has red-colourblindness, so it can't see the red-coloured male than wants to mate with her, but it can see the blue male who wants to mate with her. Niches Misconcep...