Inheritance Flashcards
1
Q
What are three diseases can be inherited from a parents genes?
A
Cancer.
Dementia.
Diabetes.
2
Q
What things can be inherited?
A
Eye colour.
Hair colour and texture.
Skin tone.
Blood group (A, B, AB, O).
Freckles.
Colour blindness.
Dominant hand.
Dimples.
3
Q
What are dominant and recessive alleles?
A
The most common interaction between alleles is a dominant/recessive relationship. An allele of a gene is said to be dominant when it effectively overrules the other (recessive) allele.
