Non-Mendelian

What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 

• Incomplete Dominance

• Co-Dominance

Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?

• X^BX^b

• X^bX^b

• X^bY

• X^BY

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What type of inheritance pattern does the image represent?

• Incomplete Dominance

• Codominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Polygenic Inheritance

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In humans, the gene for curly hair (H) is incompletely dominant to the gene for straight hair (h). Individuals that are heterozygous (Hh) have wavy hair.
Two wavy-haired heterozygous parents have a child.
What is the likeliness that the child will have wavy hair?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 4/4

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What do you call the non-Mendelian inheritance pattern that states that neither trait is dominant and the traits appear to blend together?

• Codominance

• Incomplete dominance

• Polygenic traits

A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?

• Incomplete Dominance

• Co dominance

• Independent assortment

• Recessive inheritance

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In roses, petal color can be white, red, or pink. What would be the expected genotypes and phenotypes if a red rose was crossed with a pink rose? What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• incomplete dominance; 2RR: 2PP: 0WW

• codominance; 2RR: 2PP: 0WW

• incomplete dominance; 2RR: 2RW: 0WW

• codominance; 2RR: 2RW: 0WW

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Which of the following is an example of non-Mendelian inheritance?

• Incomplete dominance

• Complete dominance

• Law of segregation

• Law of independent assortment

In a certain flower species, red and white flowers produce pink offspring. What type of inheritance is this?

• Incomplete dominance

• Co-dominance

• Complete dominance

• Polygenic inheritance

Which of the following describes co-dominance?

• Both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype

• One allele is completely dominant over the other

• Alleles blend to form an intermediate phenotype

• Multiple genes influence a single trait