Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781319050962
Author: Benjamin A. Pierce
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 6.2, Problem 25AQP
Summary Introduction

To determine:

Whether the trait is Y-linked or not.

Introduction:

A pedigree is a pictorial representation which represents history of a family, essentially a tree that outlines the inheritance of characteristics. When a particular disease or characteristics is observed in a person, a geneticist often studies the family history of the affected person by constructing a pedigree.

Summary Introduction

To propose:

The alternative explanation for the inheritance if the trait is not Y-linked.

Introduction:

The process in which the qualities or genetic characters transmit from parent to their progeny is known as inheritance. There are different modes of inheritance such as autosomal dominant inheritance, autosomal recessive inheritance, X-linked dominant inheritance, X-linked recessive inheritance and Y-linked inheritance.

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