Pleiotropy Flashcards
1
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Pleiotropy
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Single gene affects multiple traits/phenotypes
2
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Phenotype=
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Genotype X Environment
3
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Pedigree
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Essential tool in human and breeding genetics
Mode of transmission
4
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Pedigree of Dominant Traits
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Recessive traits often appear in offspring of parents without the trait
5
Q
Carriers
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Heterozygotes who do not express the trait