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Exam 2 Mendelin Flashcards

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If you were interested in deciphering heredity, what characteristics would you want in an organism

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easy to grow/house
distinct traits that are easy to measure
short generation interval
produce many offspring

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Components of scientific process

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Formulate a hypothesis
experimental design
collect data
analyze data
interpret data
generate new hypothesis

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To formulate a hypothesis you have to

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observe stuff and be skeptical

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a priori

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from the earlier
prior knowledge

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a posterior

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from the later

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Hypothesis

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your belief on how things work
should be falsifiable

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Mendel’s Hypothesis process

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bred true/ control lines of round and wrinkled

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Mendel’s experimental design/collecting data

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cross the controls
get all round
cross again and wrinkle trait reappears

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Mendel’s analyze/interpret data

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Round 3:1 wrinkled
large number in the experiment

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Mendel’s new hypothesis

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2 particles of inheritance
R and r

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Mendel’s Test model- make predictions

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Crossed all of the F2 rounds to get the 3:1 ratio again
Test on a different trait to prove it

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Gene

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discrete factor of inheritence

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Allele

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alternative forms of a gene

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Locus

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specific location on a chromosome

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Genotype

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Combination of alleles

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Homozygote

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two identical alleles at locus

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Heterozygote

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two different alleles at locus

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Phenotype

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manifestation or appearance of a characteristic

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Dominant

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Phen1 is dominant to Phen2 if the F1 heterozygotes have Phen1
R

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Recessive

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r

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Monohybrid cross

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between two lines that breed true for one trait

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Dihybrid cross

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a breeding experiment between two organisms which are identical hybrids for two traits

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Parental generation

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F0 or P

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F1

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first filial generation

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F2

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second filial generation

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Backcross

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take the F1 offspring and breed with one of the parents

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Reciprocal backcross

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take the offspring of one generation and cross them back to the male or female parent

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Mendel’s laws

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First law- segregation
Second law- independent assortment

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First law segregation

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  1. each individual organism possesses two alleles encoding a trait (diploid)
  2. Alleles separate when gametes are formed
  3. alleles separate in equal proportions
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Second Law Independent assortment

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alleles at different loci separate independently

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Probability

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expresses the likelihood of the occurrence of a particular event

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Conditional Probability

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a probability that is modified by additional information that another event has occurred

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Multiplication rule

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stating that the probability of two or more independent events occurring together is calculated by multiplying the probabilities of each of the individual events

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Addition rule

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stating that the probability of any of two or more mutually exclusive events occurring is calculated by adding the probabilities of the individual events

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Testcross

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cross between an individual with an unknown genotype and an individual with the homozygous recessive genotype

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Homozygous recessive is considered a

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control

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Wild type

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the trail or allele that is most commonly found in natural (wild) populations
denoted with a +

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superscripts and subscripts

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added to distinguish between genes

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Slash

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used to distinguish the two alleles present in an individual genotype

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underscore

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indicates that any allele is possible

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The two mechanisms of sex determination

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chromosomal
environmental

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The difference between sex chromosomes and autosomal chromosomes

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throughout most of their length they are not homologous (gene sequence does not encode for the same characteristics

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Pseudo autosomal region

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the X and Y chromosomes are homologous at only these regions
essential for X=Y chromosome pairing in meiosis in the male

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Sex refers to

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the sexual phenotype

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one difference between male and female gametes is

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size

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The mechanism by which sex is established is called

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sex determination

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Hermaphrodite

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both sexes present in the same organism

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Monoecious

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individual have both male and female

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Dioecious

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individuals have either male or female reproductive structures

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Examples of environmental sex determination

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temperature determining sex in bearded dragons
Slipper limpets sex determination by where they are in the pile

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Chromosomal theory of heredity

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genes are present on chromosomes which serve as vehicles for segregation of genes in meiosis

52
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XX-XO

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simplest forms of chromosomal sex determination
female have two Xs, males only get one

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Heterogametic

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different sex with 2 different chromosomes

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Homogametic

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same chromosomes

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XX-XY

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sex determination that mammals use
females have XX
males have XY

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X and Y pair in the _____ region

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pseudoautosomal

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ZZ-ZW

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Common in birds, some reptiles, butterflies, some amphibians
males are ZZ, females are ZW

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Turner Syndrome

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XO
1:3000, usually sterile
Sometimes cells are XX and others are XO
Mosaic- cells in an individual have different composition of chromosomes

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Poly X

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XXX, XXXX
1:1000
better than Turner’s syndrome (at least have all of the cells)
no known cases of an individual without an X (never develop)

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Kleinfelter syndrome

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XXY, XXXY, XXXXY, XXYY
1:1000, usually sterile

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XYY males

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1:1000, usually normal

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Sex determining region Y (SRY)

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encodes a transcription factor that promotes differentiation of the testes

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Mammals in early development have

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undifferentiated gonads

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Males are _____ for genes on the X chromosome

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hemizygous

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hemizygous

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only one copy

66
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montremes

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5 copies

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Dosage compensation

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females have two copies, male have 1 copy of x-specific genes, affects the amount of protein produced

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Lyon hypothesis

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within the female cell, one of the 2 X chromosomes is inactivated
(happens early in development)

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Genetic maternal effect

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determination of phenotype by the genotype of the mother

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Dominance

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Phen1 is dominant to Phen2 if the F1 heterozygote have Phen1

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Traits are

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dominant or recessive

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Incomplete Dominance

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type of dominance in which the phenotype of the heterozygote is intermediate between the phenotypes of the two homozygotes

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Complete dominance

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type of dominance in which the same phenotype is expressed in homozygotes (AA) and in heterozygotes (Aa)
only the phenotype of the dominant allele is expressed

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Codominance

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type of allelic interaction in which the heterozygote simultaneously expresses traits of both homozygotes

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The nature of the dominance is relative to

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the level at which the phenotype is examined

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Penetrance

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percentage of individuals with a particular genotype that express the phenotype expected of that genotype

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Incomplete penetrance

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A case in which some individuals possess the genotype for a trait but do not express the expected phenotype

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Expressivity

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degree to which a trait is expressed
Example- polydactyl
- some people have extra digits
-some have extra skin tags

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Multiple alleles

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Presence of more than 2 alleles at a locus in a group of diploid individuals: however each individual of the group has only two of the possible alleles

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[n(n+1)/2]

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number of genotypes possible

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lethal allele

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allele that causes the death of an individual organism, often early in development, so that the organism does not appear in the progeny of a genetic cross

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Compound heterzygote

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an individual who carries two different alleles at a locus that result in a recessive phenotype

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Gene interaction

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interaction between genes at different loci that affect the same characteristic

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Epistasis

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type of gene interaction in which a gene at one locus masks or suppresses the effects of a gene at a different locus

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epistatic gene

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gene that makes or suppresses the effect of a gene at a different locus

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hypostatic gene

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gene that is masked or suppressed by the action of a gene at a different locus

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recessive epistasis

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the recessive genotype at one locus makes the phenotype at a second locus

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Dominant epistasis

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a single copy of an allele at one locus masks the phenotype of a second locus

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Duplicate recessive epistasis

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two recessive alleles at either of the two loci are capable of suppressing a phenotype

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Complementation Test

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test designed to determine whether two different mutations are at the same locus (are allelic) or at different loci (nonallelic)

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sex influenced

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characteristic encoded by autosomal genes that are more readily expressed in one sex

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sex limited

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characteristic encoded by autosomal genes and expressed in only one sex

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cytoplasmic inheritance

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inheritance of characteristics encoded by genes located in the cytoplasm
usually contributed entirely by one parent

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Genetic maternal effect

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determination of the phenotype of an offspring not by its own genotype but by the nuclear genotype of its mother

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Genomic imprinting

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differential expression of a gene that depends on the sex of the parent that transmitted the gene

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