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Heredity1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pedigree | a visual representation of a family tree |
| Sex Linked Inheritance | when the gene for a specific trait or disorder is located on a sex chromosome ( X or Y) |
| Polygenic inheritance | a pattern of heredity when there are multiple genes and several phenotypes are possible |
| Codominance | a pattern of heredity in which some alleles share dominance |
| Incomplete dominance | a pattern of heredity in which neither allele is dominant and there are three possible phenotypes |
| homozygous dominnant | PP |
| Heterozygous | Pp |
| Homozygous recessive | pp |
| Recessive trait | the trait that is hidden by the dominant gene |
| Dominant Trait | the trait that will always appear if one dominant gene is present |
| genotype | the pair of alleles for a given trait |
| phenotype | the appearence of a trait |
| heredity | the passing of traitys from paarent to their offspring (baby) |