Suppression Effect Is an Effect Where Two Variables _____ to Produce

question 127

Multiple Choice

Suppression effect is an effect where two variables _____ to produce an outcome that is _____than what each individual variable contributes.

• A) separate; smaller
• B) separate; bigger
• C) combine; smaller
• D) combine; bigger

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

Structures within cells that contain DNA and carry genetic information.

Hemophilia

A hereditary disease in which blood does not clot properly; the forms known as hemophilia A (deficient for clotting factor VIII) and hemophilia B (deficient for clotting factor IX) exhibit an X-linked, recessive inheritance pattern.

Punnett Square

The grid structure, first developed by Reginald Punnett, that allows direct calculation of the probabilities of occurrence of all possible offspring of a genetic cross.

Sex Chromosomes

Chromosomes that determine the sex of an organism, with common configurations being XX for females and XY for males in many species.