Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
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ISBN: 9781319127121
Author: Pierce
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 21AQP
Summary Introduction

To describe:

The trait that appears to run in an individual’s family.

Introduction:

Any individual’s characters, behavior, and appearance are the expression of traits which organism contains. A trait can be made up of two similar allele and termed as homozygous, and the heterozygous allele made-up of two different allele.

Summary Introduction

To describe:

The trait runs in individual family because inheritance or the environmental factors that is common to family members.

Introduction:

Inheritance is the method by which the alleles get transferred along the generations. Inheritance is a sharing of characters between parents and their child.

Summary Introduction

To distinguish:

The possibilities that the trait runs in individual family because inheritance or the environmental factors that are common to family members.

Introduction:

An allele represents different form of a particular gene, present on chromosome. A gene is responsible for a trait and variation in that particular trait is shown by different alleles. The genotype is the genetic content of the organism which determines the phenotype. On a larger extent a phenotype is defined by genotype and environmental factor

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