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Complex Heredity
Biology Honors Unit 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Incomplete Dominance | occurs when alleles are neither dominant nor recessive and results in a blending of the two homozygous phenotypes |
| Codominance | occurs when the phenotype produced by both alleles is clearly expressed |
| Multiple Alleles | occurs when a single gene can have many possible alleles |
| Polygenic Traits | traits controlled by two or more genes , show a wide range of phenotypes |
| Sex-Linked Traits | traits found on the X or Y chromosome |
| Pedigree | diagrams that show traits in a family |