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    Independent assortment means that genes for different traits can segregate independently during gamete formation, contributing to genetic variation. Besides simple dominance, inheritance patterns can involve alleles that are neither dominant nor recessive, or traits controlled by multiple alleles or genes. In incomplete dominance one allele is not fully dominant, while in codominance both alleles contribute to the phenotype. Fruit flies are well-suited to genetic research because they are small, easy to keep, and reproduce quickly in large numbers.

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    Independent assortment means that genes for different traits can segregate independently during gamete formation, contributing to genetic variation. Besides simple dominance, inheritance patterns can involve alleles that are neither dominant nor recessive, or traits controlled by multiple alleles or genes. In incomplete dominance one allele is not fully dominant, while in codominance both alleles contribute to the phenotype. Fruit flies are well-suited to genetic research because they are small, easy to keep, and reproduce quickly in large numbers.

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    Biology 2-12 SecAss 11-3

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    Independent assortment means that genes for different traits can segregate independently during gamete formation, contributing to genetic variation. Besides simple dominance, inheritance patterns can involve alleles that are neither dominant nor recessive, or traits controlled by multiple alleles or genes. In incomplete dominance one allele is not fully dominant, while in codominance both alleles contribute to the phenotype. Fruit flies are well-suited to genetic research because they are small, easy to keep, and reproduce quickly in large numbers.

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    Eddy Egan February 28, 2007

    Tuliszewski Period ½
    Section Assessment 11-3 Page 174
    1. Explain what independent assortment means.
     States that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the
    formation of gametes. Independent assortment helps account for the many
    genetic variations observed in pants, animals, and other organisms.

    2. Describe two inheritance patterns besides simple dominance.


     Some alleles are neither dominant nor recessive, and traits are controlled
    by multiple alleles or multiple genes.

    3. What is the difference between incomplete dominance and codominance?


     Incomplete dominance - cases in which one allele is not completely
    dominant over another - (red and white = pink)
     Codominance - cases in which both alleles contribute to the phenotype.
    (red and white = red flower with white dots)

    4. Why are fruit flies an ideal organism for genetic research?


     They are small, easy to keep in a laboratory, and able to produce large
    numbers of offspring in a short period of time.

    5.

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