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Inheritance patterns
bio IV-3
Term | Definition |
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complete dominance | Dominant allele masks recessive allele |
incomplete dominance | two dominant alleles blended together to make intermediate phenotype |
codominance | two dominant alleles show independently (e.g. stripes, spots, A& B blood antigenes) |
polygenic trait | trait resulting from multiple GENES |
multiple allele trait | trait with single gene having more than two alleles |
linked gene | genes on the same chromosome |
X-linked gene | genes on the X chromosome; tend to affect males more |