study guide review chapter 14 Flashcards
1
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complete dominance?
A
only the dominant trait is prevalent
2
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incomplete dominance?
A
a mixture of the two
3
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codominance?
A
both traits show up
4
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when does mendels law of assortment not apply?
A
when genes are located near eachother on the same chromosome because they tend to be inherited together and linked
5
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what is polygenic inheritance?
A
6
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what is epistasis?
A
a gene at one locus alters the phenotypic expression of another gene (think of e’s in the dog problem)
7
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what is pleitropy?
A
when genes have multiple phenotypic effects
