Cachexia Describes

question 19

Multiple Choice

Cachexia describes:

• A) a well-nourished individual.
• B) an overweight individual.
• C) an ill,thin individual.
• D) an ill,overweight individual.

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Definitions:

Incomplete Dominance

A genetic situation in which two alleles produce a phenotype that is a blend of both parental traits.

Codominant

Codominant refers to a genetic scenario where two different alleles of a gene are expressed equally in the phenotype of a heterozygote.

Recessive

A term for a gene that directs the development of a particular characteristic only if the corresponding gene on the other chromosome matches it—i.e., is the same allele.

Genetic Inheritance

The process by which an offspring receives genes from its parents, explaining how traits or conditions are passed from one generation to the next.