The Multiple Effects of a Single Gene on the Phenotype

question 33

Multiple Choice

The multiple effects of a single gene on the phenotype of an organism is called ________.

• A) epistasis
• B) penetrance
• C) expressivity
• D) overdominance
• E) pleiotropy

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A characteristic or measure that describes an aspect of an entire population, such as mean or standard deviation.

Sampling Distribution

A distribution showing the chances of different outcomes for a statistic, which is generated from a significant amount of samples from a certain population.

Sample Size

The number of individuals or observations used in a sample to estimate characteristics of an entire population.

Point Estimate

A single value given as an estimate of a population parameter that is unknown.