The Two Major Divisions of the Skeletal System Are _____

question 27

Short Answer

The two major divisions of the skeletal system are _____ and _____.

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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.