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Match the Following Letters to the Number with Which They

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Match the following letters to the number with which they best correspond.

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Responses:

refers to a gene whose product influences multiple genes

continuous variation

the particular alleles carried by an individual

codominance

condition in which one allele is not fully dominant over another, so the heterozygous phenotype appears to be a blend of the two homozygous phenotypes

dihybrid cross

the set of symptoms that characterize a genetic disease

aneuploidy

refers to two alleles that are both fully expressed in heterozygous individuals

pleiotropic

a range of small differences in a shared trait

heterozygous

experiment in which individuals heterozgous for two genes are crossed

incomplete dominance

organism that has two different alleles of a gene

genotype

effect in which a trait is influenced by the product of multiple genes

epistasis

a chromosome abnormality in which there are too many or too few copies of a particular chromosome

syndrome

Premises:

refers to a gene whose product influences multiple genes

the particular alleles carried by an individual

condition in which one allele is not fully dominant over another, so the heterozygous phenotype appears to be a blend of the two homozygous phenotypes

the set of symptoms that characterize a genetic disease

refers to two alleles that are both fully expressed in heterozygous individuals

a range of small differences in a shared trait

experiment in which individuals heterozgous for two genes are crossed

organism that has two different alleles of a gene

effect in which a trait is influenced by the product of multiple genes

a chromosome abnormality in which there are too many or too few copies of a particular chromosome

Responses:

continuous variation

codominance

dihybrid cross

aneuploidy

pleiotropic

heterozygous

incomplete dominance

genotype

epistasis

syndrome

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

refers to a gene whose product influences multiple genes

the particular alleles carried by an individual

condition in which one allele is not fully dominant over another, so the heterozygous phenotype appears to be a blend of the two homozygous phenotypes

the set of symptoms that characterize a genetic disease

refers to two alleles that are both fully expressed in heterozygous individuals

a range of small differences in a shared trait

experiment in which individuals heterozgous for two genes are crossed

organism that has two different alleles of a gene

effect in which a trait is influenced by the product of multiple genes

a chromosome abnormality in which there are too many or too few copies of a particular chromosome