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Ch. 17 Complex Patterns of Inheritance - (Biology 1A)
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Undergraduate 1
04/29/2012

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Epistasis
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The type of gene interaction in which the alleles of one gene mask the effects of a dominant allele of another gene.
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Discrete traits
Definition
Phenotypes do not overlap.
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Quantitative traits
Definition
Phenotypes overlap. (in humans - height, weight, skin color)
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Polygenic
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Meaning several traits contribute to the outcome.
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Non-recombinants
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Look like P generation.
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Recombinants
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Look different than P generation.
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Linkage
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When two genes are close together on the same chromosome and tend to be transmitted as a unit. (a linkage group)
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Continuous Variation
Definition
Variations do not fall into categories directly. (height)
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End of chapter 17
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Beginning of chapter 18
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