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Chapter 8: Patterns of Inheritance
Genetics is the study of heredity. Johann Gregor Mendel set the framework for genetics long before chromosomes or genes had been identified, at a time when meiosis was not well understood.
1. Chapter 8: Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 8: Patterns of Inheritance
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one of two or more variants of a gene that determines a particular trait for a characteristic
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in a heterozygote, complete and simultaneous expression of both alleles for the same characteristic
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a variation in a characteristic in which individuals show a range of traits with small differences between them
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the result of a cross between two true-breeding parents that express different traits for two characteristics
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