Practice Inheritance Patterns - 6.3 | Genetics & Heredity | IB MYP Grade 8 Biology
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Inheritance Patterns

6.3 - Inheritance Patterns

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Question 1 Easy

What allele is masked by a dominant allele?

💡 Hint: Think about inheritance patterns.

Question 2 Easy

What do we call it when both alleles are expressed?

💡 Hint: Consider AB blood types.

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Question 1

What type of inheritance involves both alleles being fully expressed?

Incomplete Dominance
Codominance
Simple Dominance

💡 Hint: Think of blood types as an example.

Question 2

True or False: Hemophilia is an example of polygenic inheritance.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider single-gene versus multiple-gene traits.

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Challenge 1 Hard

If two heterozygous individuals (Tt) are crossed, what is the probability of having a homozygous dominant (TT) offspring?

💡 Hint: Remember to draw the Punnett Square!

Challenge 2 Hard

Describe how polygenic traits can lead to continuous variation, providing an example.

💡 Hint: Consider traits that can vary widely within a population.

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