lecture 20 Flashcards
1
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What is incomplete dominance and example?
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Heterozygote is intermediate between the 2 homozygotes
red and white snap dragon make pink
2
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The kind of dominance is defined by the ____.
A
phenotype of the heterozygote
3
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What is complete dominace?
A
Heterozygote Phenotype = Homozygous Dominant Phenotype
4
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What is codominance?
A
The Heterozygote expresses both alleles, but is not intermediate
you can see both traits ( muticolored flower)
5
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What is pleiotropy?
A
one gene influences more than one phenotype
6
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Example of pleiotropy?
A
sickle cell anemia
7
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What is epistasis?
A
One gene alters (masks) the phenotypic effects of another gene at an independent locus.
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