11. 2 Vocab Flashcards
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Codominance
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Complex inheritance pattern that occurs when neither allele is dominant
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Incomplete dominance
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Complex inheritance of pattern in which the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between those of the two homozygous parent organisms
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Multiple Alleles
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Having more than two alleles for a specific trait
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Epistasis
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Interaction between alleles in which one allele hides the effects of another allele
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Sex chromosomes
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X or Y chromosomes; paired sex chromosomes determine an individual gender
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Sex-linked traits
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Characteristics, such as red-green color blindness
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Autosome
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Chromosomes that is not sex chromosomes
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Polygenic traits
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Characteristics such as, eye or skin color, that results from the interaction of multiple gene pairs
