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Beyond Mendelian Genetics Flashcards

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When alleles are not completely dominant or recessive, what occurred?

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Incomplete dominance

Co-dominance

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Beyond Mendelian Genetics with a single gene

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Incomplete Dominance
Co-dominance
Multiple alleles
Pleiotrophy

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Multiple alleles is when..?

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A gene has more than 2 alleles

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Pleiotrophy is..?

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When a gene produces multiple phenotypes

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In incomplete dominance…

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The phenotype of F1 hybrids is somewhere between the phenotypes of the two parental varieties

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In codominance…

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Two dominant alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways

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Red and White carnations making a pink offspring is an example of?

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Incomplete dominance

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ABO blood group is an example of?

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Multiple alleles

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Cystic fibrosis and sickle-cell diseases are examples of?

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Pleiotropic

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In Epistasis..

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A gene at one locus alters the phenotypic expression of a gene at a second locus

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Example of Epistasis

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Coat color

One gene determined coat color
The other determines whether the pigment will be deposited

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What are quantitative characters?

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Those that vary in the population along a continuum

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Polygenic Inheritance is indicated by…

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Quantitative variation

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What is Polygenic Inheritance?

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An additive effect of two or more genes on a single phenotype

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Skin color is an example of?

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Polygenic Inheritance

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What is the norm of reaction?

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The phenotypic range of a genotype informed by the environment

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Norms of reaction ate generally broad due to?

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Multifactorial

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Flowers that change color with soil acidity is an example of

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Norm of reaction

Multifactorials

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Heart diseases and cancer are an example of?

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Norm of reaction

Multifactors

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What is a pedigree?

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A family tree that describes the interrelationships of parents and children across generations

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What are 2 disease where parents may be carrier’s?

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Cystic fibrosis

Sickle cell

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Symptoms for cystic fibrosis and sickle cell vary because?

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Pleiotrophy

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What are 2 tests for identifying carriers?

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Amniocentesis (liquid that bathes the fetus)

Chorionic villus sampling (placenta)

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