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chapter 11
complex inheritance and human heredity
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Biology
10th Grade
01/14/2013

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carrier
Definition
heterozygous individual for a recessive disorder
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pedigree
Definition
a diagram that traces the inheritance of a trait through several generation
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incomplete dominance
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heterozygous phenotype is an intermediate phenotype between 2 homozygous phenotypes
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codominance
Definition
both alleles are expressed in the heterozygous condition
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multiple alleles
Definition
forms of inheritance that are determined by more than 2 alleles
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epistasis
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an interaction in which one allele hides the effects of another allele
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sex chromosome
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determine gender(XX or XY)
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autosome
Definition
the other 22 pairs of chromosomes other than the sex chromosome
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sex-linked trait
Definition
traits controlled by genes located on the X chromosome
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polygenic trait
Definition
phenotypic traits that arise from the interaction of multiple alleles
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karyotype
Definition
pairs of homologous chromosomes are arranged in decreasing size to produce a micrograph
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telomere
Definition
protective caps n the end of chromosomes
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nondisjunction
Definition
cell division in which sister chromatids fail to separate properly
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cystic fibrosis
Definition
(recessive) a genetic disorder that affects mucus and sweat secretionbs
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huntingtons disease
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75% mutation 25% mendelian genetics dominant affects the nervous system
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achondroplasia
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"dwarfism" dominant genetic disorder
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down syndrome
Definition
genetic disorder result of nondisjunction
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