11.1-11.2

Question 0

Pedigree

Answer 0

Diagram that traces inheritance of a particular trait through several generations (299)

Question 1

Carrier

Answer 1

Individual who is heterozygous for a recessive disease (296)

Question 2

Incomplete dominance

Answer 2

The heterozygous phenotype is an intermediate phenotype between the two homozygous phenotypes (302)

Question 3

Codominance

Answer 3

Complex inheritance pattern where both alleles are expressed in the heterozygous condition (302)

Question 4

Multiple alleles

Answer 4

Some forms of inheritance are determined by more than two alleles (304)

Question 5

Epistasis

Answer 5

Interaction that is a result of one allele hiding the effects of another allele (305)

Question 6

Sex chromosomes

Answer 6

Pair of chromosomes that determine an individual’s gender (305)

Question 7

Autosomes

Answer 7

22 other pairs of chromosomes (305)

Question 8

Sex-linked trait

Answer 8

Traits controlled by genes located on the X chromosome (307)

Question 9

Polygenic trait

Answer 9

Phenotypic traits that arise from the interaction of multiple pairs of genes (309)