Non-Mendelian Inheritance Patterns
Students investigate complex inheritance patterns such as incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles, and polygenic inheritance.
Key Questions
- Differentiate between incomplete dominance and codominance using specific examples.
- Analyze how multiple alleles can lead to a greater diversity of phenotypes within a population.
- Explain how polygenic inheritance contributes to continuous variation in traits.
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