Identify the Mode of Inheritance for Each of the Following

question 20

Short Answer

Identify the mode of inheritance for each of the following traits.
A) incomplete dominance
B) codominance
C) nondisjunction
D) sex-influenced trait
E) polygenic inheritance
F) X-linked inheritance
G) inheritance of a dominant-lethal allele
1) Huntington disease
2) red-green color blindness
3) baldness
4) AB blood type
5) Down syndrome
6) straight vs. curly vs. wavy hair in humans
7) human eye color

• A) incomplete dominance
• B) codominance
• C) nondisjunction
• D) sex-influenced trait
• E) polygenic inheritance
• F) X-linked inheritance
• G) inheritance of a dominant-lethal allele
• 1) Huntington disease
• 2) red-green color blindness
• 3) baldness
• 4) AB blood type
• 5) Down syndrome
• 6) straight vs. curly vs. wavy hair in humans
• 7) human eye color

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