Complex Inheritance

incomplete dominance means that there traits are,,,

• expressed equally
• dominant
• recessive
• blended

polygenic means that _________ control a characteristic

• many genes
• single genes
• 3 genes
• no genes

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an example of polygenic inheritance is...

• height
• hitch hikers thumb
• blood types

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What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have?

• O and AB
• O and A
• O and B
• A and B

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A breed of chicken shows codominance for feather color. One allele codes for black feathers, another codes for white feathers. The feathers of heterozygous chickens of this breed will be:

• all black
• all white
• all gray
• speckled black and white

Which term(s) best describes the inheritance of human blood types? 

• incomplete dominance and multiple alleles
• codominance and epistasis
• codominance and multiple alleles
• incomplete dominance and codominance

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A man with type O blood is accused of being the father of a type B baby. The mother is type A. Could this man be the father? 

• Yes 
• No

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What blood type would an individual have if this was one of the cells seen under a microscope?

• Type A
• Type B
• Type AB
• Type O

What do you call the non-Mendelian inheritance pattern where both traits are dominant and both appear in the organism with heterozygous genotype?

• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Polygenic traits

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What pattern of inheritance is shown in this image?

• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Polygenic traits

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