Chapter 11, Section 1: Basic patterns of human inheritance – Flashcards
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An individual who is heterozygous for a recessive disorder.
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carrier
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A diagram that traces the inheritance of a particular trait through several generations.
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pedigree
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The heterozygous phenotype is an intermediate phenotype between the two homozygous phenotypes.
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incomplete dominance
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When both alleles are expressed in the heterozygous condition.
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codominance
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When inheritance is determined by more than one allele.
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multiple alleles
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The variety is the result of one allele hiding the effects of the other allele.
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epistasis
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Determines an organisms gender.
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sex chromosomes
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The other type of chromosome.
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autosomes
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Traits controlled by genes on the X chromosome.
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sex linked traits
