6.3 - Inheritance Patterns
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Practice Questions
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What allele is masked by a dominant allele?
💡 Hint: Think about inheritance patterns.
What do we call it when both alleles are expressed?
💡 Hint: Consider AB blood types.
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What type of inheritance involves both alleles being fully expressed?
💡 Hint: Think of blood types as an example.
True or False: Hemophilia is an example of polygenic inheritance.
💡 Hint: Consider single-gene versus multiple-gene traits.
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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!
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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