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ch.12 human traits
mendelian inheritance of human traits
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carrier | an individual heterozygous for a specific trait |
| fetus | a developing mammal from nine weeks to birth |
| pedigree | graphic representation of genetic inheritance used by geneticists to map genetic traits |
| autosome | pairs of matching homologous chromosomes in somatic cells |
| codominant allel | pattern where phenotypes of both homozygote parents are produced in heterozygous offspring so that both allels are equally expressed |
| incomplete dominance | inheritance pattern where the phenotype of a heterozygote is intermediatw between those of the two homozygotes; neither allele of the pair is dominant but combined and display a new triat |
| multiple allele | presence of more then two alleles for a genetic trait |
| polygenic inheritance | inheritance pattern of a trait controlled by two or more genes; genes may be on the same or diffrent chromosomes |
| sex chromosome | in humans the 23rd pair of chromosomes; determine the sex of an individual and carry sex linked characteristics |
| sex-linked trait | traits controlled by genes located on sex cromosomes |
| karyotype | chart of metephase chromosome pairs arranged according to length and location of the centromere; used to pinpoint unusual chromosome numbers in cells |