The Inheritance Pattern Where Two or More Genes Do Not

question 41

Multiple Choice

The inheritance pattern where two or more genes do not assort independently because they are close together on the same chromosome is called

• A)Mendelian inheritance.
• B)epistasis.
• C)genomic imprinting.
• D)linkage.
• E)dominancE.

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Definitions:

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