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 is this diagram called?

• karyotype

• pedigree

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How many children do #5 & #6 have?

• 1 male child
• 2 male and 2 female children
• 2 male children
• 1 daughter and 1 son

What do the shaded shapes represent?

• normal individuals
• individuals who have the trait
• carriers
• deceased

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What sex offspring are most often affected by sex-linked inheritance?

• males

• females

The image shows the pattern of inheritance for colorblindness.  From this diagram we can tell that colorblindness is

• a codominant trait
• a sex-linked trait
• carried on the Y chromosome
• is associated with a dominant allele

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In mice, the homozygous mice are black and white. The heterozygous mice are gray. What pattern of inheritance is expressed in fur color in mice?

• complete dominance and recessiveness
• co-dominance
• incomplete dominance
• pleiotropy

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What do the circles represent in a pedigree chart?

• males
• females
• individuals with a disease
• children of either gender

Looking at this pedigree, how many female family members are carriers?

• 1
• 3
• 10
• 7

A chicken is black, white, or black and white. This inheritance pattern is

• Mendelian inheritance.

• incomplete dominance.

• codominance.

• sex-linked inheritance.