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Title: 250 Exam 1

Description: Genetic Basis of Development

Total Flash Cards: 8

Created: 01/23/2008 13:04:00

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Term
dominant-recessive
Definition
dominant allele in pair overrides recessive allele
Term
incomplete dominance
Definition

child will express both alleles

effects will be intermediate

Term
co-dominance
Definition

trait determined by two alleles

(blood type, A, B, or AB)

Term
polygenic inheritance
Definition

multiple genes interact to produce a characteristic

how most psychological conditions are inherited

Term
range of reaction
Definition

potential variability in the expression of a genetic trait

 

depends on environment

 

(disease and stress)

Term
canalization
Definition
measure of the ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of the environment
Term
passive genotype/environment interactions
Definition
parents provide environment influenced by their own heredity
Term
evoactive genotype/environment interactions
Definition
genotype elicits certain types of environment



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