Inheritance Flashcards
1
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Codominance
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Both alleles expressed in the phenotype
2
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Example of codominance
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I^A I^A and I^B I^B making an I^AB
Red (RR) white is (WW) roan is (RW)
3
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What are monohybrid crosses
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Single gene inheritence
4
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Mendelian inheritence distinguishes characteristics
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Controlled by singe genes
On different chromosomes
5
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Two types of pairs
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Homologous and heterozygous
6
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What happens in codominance
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Both alleles expressed in the phenotype at the same time
Individual is heterozygous and express both alleles
7
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Two types of linkage
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Sex and autosomal
8
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What is sex linkage
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Two sex chromosomes X and Y
Women XX men XY
Genes are found on a region of a sex chromosomes that is not present on the other sex chromosome
