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chance | a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur |
incomplete dominance | A kind of dominance occurring in heterozygotes in which the dominant gene or allele is only partially expressed, and usually resulting in an offspring with an intermediate phenotype. |
codominance | codominance |
multiple alleles | The existence of several known alleles of a gene |
sex chromosomoes | A type of chromosome in the genome that is involved in the determination of the sex as well as the development of sexual characteristics in an organism. It occurs in pairs in somatic cells while singly in sex cells (gametes). |
sex linked traits | Sex-linked trait is a trait whose allele is located on the x chromosome. Most sex-linked traits are recessive. |
linkage group | a set of two or more loci that have been shown by linkage analysis to be physically close in the genome but that have not yet been assigned to specific chromosomes. It is rapidly becoming an outmoded term. |