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  2. Dominance (genetics) - Wikipedia

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    Autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance, the two most common Mendelian inheritance patterns. An autosome is any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.. In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome.

  3. Human genetics - Wikipedia

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    Four different traits can be identified by pedigree chart analysis: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, x-linked, or y-linked. Partial penetrance can be shown and calculated from pedigrees. Penetrance is the percentage expressed frequency with which individuals of a given genotype manifest at least some degree of a specific mutant ...

  4. Punnett square - Wikipedia

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    Since dominant traits mask recessive traits (assuming no epistasis), there are nine combinations that have the phenotype round yellow, three that are round green, three that are wrinkled yellow, and one that is wrinkled green. The ratio 9:3:3:1 is the expected outcome when crossing two double-heterozygous parents with unlinked genes.

  5. Test cross - Wikipedia

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    The first uses of test crosses were in Gregor Mendel’s experiments in plant hybridization.While studying the inheritance of dominant and recessive traits in pea plants, he explains that the “signification” (now termed zygosity) of an individual for a dominant trait is determined by the expression patterns of the following generation.

  6. Autosome - Wikipedia

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    Autosomal genetic disorders which exhibit Mendelian inheritance can be inherited either in an autosomal dominant or recessive fashion. [7] These disorders manifest in and are passed on by either sex with equal frequency. [7] [8] Autosomal dominant disorders are often present in both parent and child, as the child needs to inherit only one copy ...

  7. Hereditary carrier - Wikipedia

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    Autosomal dominant-recessive inheritance is made possible by the fact that the individuals of most species (including all higher animals and plants) have two alleles of most hereditary predispositions because the chromosomes in the cell nucleus are usually present in pairs . Carriers can be female or male as the autosomes are homologous ...

  8. Heredity - Wikipedia

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    An example pedigree chart of an autosomal dominant disorder An example pedigree chart of an autosomal recessive disorder An example pedigree chart of a sex-linked disorder (The gene is on the X chromosome.) The description of a mode of biological inheritance consists of three main categories: 1. Number of involved loci

  9. Mendelian traits in humans - Wikipedia

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    Autosomal dominant A 50/50 chance of inheritance. Sickle-cell disease is inherited in the autosomal recessive pattern. When both parents have sickle-cell trait (carrier), a child has a 25% chance of sickle-cell disease (red icon), 25% do not carry any sickle-cell alleles (blue icon), and 50% have the heterozygous (carrier) condition. [1]