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Lesson 25
Genes and Gene Expression
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genes | segments of DNA, responsible for the passing of traits and the expression of those traits. These segments code for proteins |
| Incomplete Dominance | An allele that is not fully dominant over an inactive allele is described as having this. Good examples of this are snapdragons. If you had a red-flowered plant and crossed it with a white-flowered plant, all of the offspring would be pink-flowered plants |
| Codominance | is a characteristic that occurs when two alleles of a gene are both dominant. This dual dominance results in both alleles being expressed |
| Polygenic | Genetic traits that are determined by a large number of genes, each one usually having a relatively small effect |
| Sex-linked | a term which is used to describe genes that are found on sex chromosomes |