[PSYB20H3] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (43 pages long!)
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Alleles from the parents are the same they are homozygous homozygous: describing the state of an individual whose alleles for a particular trait from each parent are the same different they are heterozygous heterozygous: describing the state of an individual whose alleles for a particular trait from each parent are the same. Combination of 2 dissimilar alleles will produce an outcome intermediate between the traits exp. light skin and dark skin leads the child to have intermediate skin two traits will combine but not blend co dominance: a genetic pattern in which heterozygous alleles express the variants of the trait for which they code simultaneously and with equal force exp. blood type a and b will produce ab one of the alleles will be expressed dominant: describing the most powerful of two alleles in a heterozygous combination recessive: describing the weaker of two alleles in a heterozygous combination. Some disorders that are caused by genetic defects.
