Introduction To Genetic Analysis
Introduction To Genetic Analysis
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ISBN: 9781319114787
Author: Anthony J.F. Griffiths, John Doebley, Catherine Peichel, David A. Wassarman
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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To determine: The four questions about the inheritance that arose after Mendel’s rules of inheritance were rediscovered.

Introduction. The pedigree chart helps to depict the complete history of the pattern of inheritance of genetic disease from one generation to another generation. The inheritable genetic disease is either autosomal dominant or recessive or sex-linked based on which the probability of disease in a future generation can be predicted.

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State the conclusions reached by Mendel in his work on the inheritance of              characteristics. Explain how each of the following deviates from these              conclusions:                             a. Autosomal linkage                             b. Sex-linked (X-linked) inheritance                             c. Polygenic (multiple-gene) inheritance
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