chapter 11 vocab

Question 1

individual heterozygous for a recessive disorder such and CF or Tay-Sachs disease

Answer 1

Carrier

Question 2

diagrammed family history that is used to study inheritance patterns of a trait through several generations and that can be used to predict disorders

Answer 2

Pedigree

Question 3

complex inheritance pattern in which the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between those of the two homozygous parent organisms

Answer 3

incomplete dominance

Question 4

complex inheritance pattern that occurs when neither allele is dominant and both alleles are expressed.

Answer 4

codominance

Question 5

having more than 2 alleles for a trait

Answer 5

multiple alleles

Question 6

interaction between alleles in which one allele hides the effects of another allele

Answer 6

epistasis

Question 7

x or y chromosome; paired sex chromosomes determine individuals gender- xx female xy male

Answer 7

sex chromosome

Question 8

chromosome that is not a sex-chromosome

Answer 8

autosome