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Patterns inheritance
patterns of inheritance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dominance | When A dominant and a recessive allele are present and the dominant cancels out the recessive Gregor Mendel |
| Examples of Dominance | Widow's Peak, Earlobe, anything with a have/don't have chance |
| Multiple Alleles | When you have 3 or more allele combinations to choose from |
| Examples of multiple alleles | Blood type |
| Codominance | When there are two different dominant alleles(FS) and both show up |
| Examples of Codominance | Black and white chickens |
| Incomplete Dominance | when there are two different dominant alleles and both mix to create a new trait |
| Examples of Incomplete Dominance | Red and white snapdragons |
| Polygenic | a trait controlled by many genes |
| Examples of Polygenic | height |
| inherited trait | a trait that comes from a parent |
| acquired trait | a trait you can change |
| examples of acquired traits | hair color, hair style(brown:purple, curly:straight |