Match the following definitions with the correct term. (We have not yet cover all of them in class, but you can find them in your reading.)
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A single mutation affects several traits.
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The frequency with which individuals of a given genotype manifest the mutant phenotype.
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A phenotypic trait whose expression depends on the additive effect of a number of genes.
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Expression of a gene is dependent on whether it has been inherited from the male or female parent.
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Phenotypic effects on the offspring produced by the maternal genome.
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Genetic information transmitted by chloroplasts or mitochondria.
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The degree in which a phenotype for a given trait is expressed.
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Determines whether two mutations are at the same locus or different loci.
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Genetic differences that are due to alterations of the DNA that do not included changes in base sequence.
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Characteristic determined by a gene on a sex chromosome.
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Characteristic encoded on an autosome that is more readily expressed in one sex.
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A gene at one locus that masks or suppresses the effect of a gene at a different locus.
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pleiotropy
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cytoplasmic inheritance
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epigenetics
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polygeneic inheritance
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imprinting
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sex-influenced trait
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sex-linked trait
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penetrance
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expressivity
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maternal effect
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complementation test
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epistasis
