Complex Inheritance

What do you call the non-Mendelian inheritance pattern that states that neither trait is dominant and the traits appear to blend together?

• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Polygenic traits

What do you call the non-Mendelian inheritance pattern that states that both traits are dominant and both appear in the organism and neither trait is masked?

• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Polygenic traits

What type of inheritance is determined by multiple genes located at different loci on different chromosomes and there can be a range of traits?

• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Polygenic traits

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

If a gene is found only on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome, it is said to be what?

• sex-linked trait
• polygenic trait
• codominant trait
• incomplete dominance trait

How many people in the pedigree are carriers for the disorder? 

• 6 
• 8
• 2
• 9

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An example of polygenic inheritance is...

• Skin Color
• hitch hikers thumb
• blood types

Incomplete dominance means that there traits are

• expressed equally
• dominant
• recessive
• blended

Blood types consist of 4 different alleles.

• false
• true

How many alleles does someone have for a genotype?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What percentage of the female offspring will be a carrier for this recessive disease?

• 0%
• 50%
• 100%
• 25%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2