Search Results for: recessive trait
Law of Segregation
Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance The father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, reported his findings in 1860 that was initially... Read More
Incomplete dominance
Incomplete Dominance Definition After Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance laws, the term ''incomplete dominance'' was... Read More
Recessive trait
Definition noun (genetics) A genetic trait that results from the expression of the two recessive alleles. Supplement When... Read More
Codominance
Codominance Definition Codominance is a form of inheritance wherein the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully... Read More
Polygenic trait
Polygenic trait definition Polygenic trait refers to a trait that is controlled by multiple non-allelic genes. These genes... Read More
Polygenic inheritance
Polygenic inheritance refers to the kind of inheritance in which the trait is produced from the cumulative effects of many... Read More
Law of Recessiveness
Definition noun A Mendelian law which holds that a recessive trait is expressed only when the paired allele the offspring... Read More
Pseudodominance
Definition noun (genetics) The manifestation of a recessive trait, mimicking an inheritance of a dominant... Read More
Inheritance and Probability – Quiz
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Sphingolipidosis
Definition noun, plural: sphingolipidoses A lysosomal disease due to an abnormal sphingolipid... Read More
Inheritance and Probability – Quiz
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A Look Into Natural Selection and its Mechanisms
Charles Darwin is credited with outlining the fundamentals of evolution. He was a smart and eager pupil and protégé,... Read More
Dominant trait
Definition noun (genetics) An inherited trait that results from the expression of the dominant allele over the recessive... Read More
Polymorphism
Polymorphism Definition The occurrence of two or more different forms or morphs in the population of a species is referred... Read More
Pleiotropy
Pleiotropy Definition When one single gene starts affecting multiple traits of living organisms, this phenomenon is known... Read More
Sphingolipid
Definition noun plural: sphingolipids sphin·go·lip·id A type of lipid with a sphingoid base (e.g. sphingosine and... Read More
Heterozygous
Heterozygous Definition adjective (genetics) Of, or pertaining to an individual (or a condition in a cell or an organism)... Read More
Examples of Natural Selection – Quiz
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Monogenic trait
Definition noun A trait produced by the effect of a gene or an allele Supplement A monogenic trait is a trait produced... Read More
Complete dominance
Definition noun (genetics) A form of dominance wherein the dominant allele completely masks the effect of the recessive... Read More
Filial generation
Definition noun, plural: filial generations (genetics) Any generation resulting from a genetically controlled mating... Read More
First filial generation
Definition noun (genetics) The filial generation comprised of offspring(s) resulting from a cross between two individuals... Read More
Sex-linked trait
Definition noun, plural: sex-linked traits A trait genetically determined by an allele located on the sex... Read More
Test cross
Definition noun Crossing an organism with dominant genotype to a recessive homozygote for a specific phenotype in order to... Read More
Allele frequency
Definition noun, plural: allele frequencies The frequency of an allele relative to that of other alleles of the same gene in... Read More
Homozygous
Definition adjective (genetics) Of, or pertaining to an individual (or a condition in a cell or an organism) containing... Read More
Homologous chromosome
A homologous chromosome pertains to one of a pair of chromosomes with the same gene sequence, loci, chromosomal length, and... Read More
Law of Independent Assortment
Reviewed by: Mary Anne Clark, PhD Definition noun (genetics) One of the Mendelian Laws of Inheritance, stating... Read More
True breeding
Definition noun A kind of breeding in which the parents with a particular phenotype produce offspring only with the same... Read More
Dominant character
Definition noun (genetics) An inherited trait that results from the expression of the dominant allele over the recessive... Read More
