Chapter 29.9, Problem 40LO

Summary Introduction

To compare: The types of inheritance patterns and contrast them.

Concept introduction: Genotype is the allelic identity of the organism based on which the phenotype is expressed. The genotype and phenotype can be determined by studying the inheritance patterns. In genetics, the inheritance pattern is the fashion in which the genes are inherited from the patterns and expressed in the progeny. Mendel was the first scientist who established the patterns of inheritance. The patterns of inheritance are based on whether the chromosomes are autosomes or allosomes.