Table of Types of Inheritance
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Inheritance
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Alleles involved
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Phenotypes
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Examples
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Dominant-Recessive
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2 (1 locus)
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2
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Mendel's 7 pea traits
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Codominance
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2 (1 locus)
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3 (A, B, AB)
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Blood types A, B
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Incomplete dominance
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2 (1 locus)
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3 (red, white, pink)
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Flower color
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Multiple alleles
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3 or more (1 locus)
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4 or more
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Polygenic
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4 or more (2+ loci)
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often continuous
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