Practice Deviations From Mendelism (1.3) - Chapter 2: Genetics and Evolution

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Question 1.
What is incomplete dominance?
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Think about flowers that mix colors.
Question 2.
Provide an example of co-dominance.
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Look at how blood types can be mixed.
3Question 3.
What is an example of co-dominance?
- A pink flower from red and white parents
- AB blood type
- Tall and short plants producing medium height plants
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Consider blood types when thinking about this.
4Question 4.
True or False: Polygenic inheritance involves one gene affecting multiple traits.
- True
- False
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Remember how traits like height work.
Question 5.
Construct a Punnett square for a flower trait showing incomplete dominance, predicting the offspring ratios.
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Remember how to set up Punnett squares by crossing alleles.
Question 6.
Analyze how a gene with pleiotropic effects might complicate genetic counseling in hereditary diseases.
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Think of diseases that show various symptoms linked to one genetic cause.

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