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Chapter 14 Mendelian Genetics
Lecture on General Biology 2
Chul-Su Yang, Ph.D., chulsuyang@hanyang.ac.kr Infection Biology Lab., Dept. of Molecular & Life Science, Hanyang University
Campbell Biology 10th edition
A Global Approach
• What genetic principles account for the passing of traits from parents to offspring?
• The “blending” hypothesis is the idea that genetic material from the two parents blends together (like blue and yellow paint blend to make green)
Overview Drawing from the Deck of Genes
• The “particulate” hypothesis is the idea that parents pass on discrete heritable units (genes)
- This hypothesis can explain the reappearance of traits after several generations
• Mendel documented a particulate mechanism
through his experiments with garden peas
Figure 14.1
Figure 14.1a
• Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity by breeding garden peas in carefully planned experiments
Concept 14.1 Mendel used the scientific approach to identify two laws of inheritance
Mendel’s Experimental, Quantitative Approach
• Mendel’s approach allowed him to deduce principles that had remained elusive to others
• A heritable feature that varies among individuals (such as flower color) is called a character
• Each variant for a character, such as purple or white color for flowers, is called a trait
• Peas were available to Mendel in many different varieties
• Other advantages of using peas – Short generation time – Large numbers of offspring – Mating could be controlled; plants could be allowed
to self-pollinate or could be cross pollinated
- Each flower has sperm-producing organs (stamens) and egg-producing organ (carpel) - Cross-pollination 타가수분 (fertilization between different plants) involves dusting one plant with pollen from another
Figure 14.2a
Parental generation (P) Stamens
Carpel
TECHNIQUE
2
1
3
4
Figure 14.2b
First filial generation offspring (F1)
RESULTS
5
• Mendel chose to track only those characters that occurred in two distinct alternative forms
• He also used varieties that were true-breeding (plants that produce offspring of the same variety when they self-pollinate)
• In a typical experiment, Mendel mated two contrasting, true-breeding varieties, a process called hybridization
• The true-breeding parents are the P generation
• The hybrid offspring of the P generation are called the F1 generation
• When F1 individuals self-pollinate or cross- pollinate with other F1 hybrids, the F2 generation is produced
The Law of Segregation
• When Mendel crossed contrasting, true-breeding white- and purple-flowered pea plants, all of the F1 hybrids were purple
• When Mendel crossed the F1 hybrids, many of the F2 plants had purple flowers, but some had white
• Mendel discovered a ratio of about three to one, purple to white flowers, in the F2 generation
Figure 14.3
P Generation
EXPERIMENT
(true-breeding parents)
F1 Generation (hybrids)
F2 Generation
Purple flowers
White flowers
All plants had purple flowers Self- or cross-pollination
705 purple- flowered
plants
224 white flowered
plants
• Mendel reasoned that only the purple flower factor was affecting flower color in the F1 hybrids
• Mendel called the purple flower color a dominant trait and the white flower color a recessive trait
• The factor for white flowers was not diluted or destroyed because it reappeared in the F2 generation
• Mendel observed the same pattern of inheritance in six other pea plant characters, each represented by two traits [Table 14.1]
• What Mendel called a “heritable factor” is what
we now call a gene
Table 14.1
Mendel’s Model
• Mendel developed a hypothesis to explain the 3:1 inheritance pattern he observed in F2 offspring
• Four related concepts make up this model
• These concepts can be related to what we now know about genes and chromosomes
• First, alternative versions of genes account for variations in inherited characters
• For example, the gene for flower color in pea plants exists in two versions, one for purple flowers and the other for white flowers
• These alternative versions of a gene are now called alleles
• Each gene resides at a specific locus on a specific chromosome
Figure 14.4
Allele for white flowers
Allele for purple flowers
Pair of homologous
chromosomes
Enzyme that helps synthesize purple
pigment
Absence of enzyme
Enzyme
Locus for flower-color gene
One allele results in sufficient pigment
C T A A A T C G G T
G A T T T A G C C A
CTAAATCGGT
ATAAATCGGT
A T A A A T C G G T
T T T T A A G C C A
• Second, for each character, an organism inherits two alleles, one from each parent
• Mendel made this deduction without knowing about the role of chromosomes
• The two alleles at a particular locus may be identical, as in the true-breeding plants of Mendel’s P generation
• Alternatively, the two alleles at a locus may differ, as in the F1 hybrids
• Third, if the two alleles at a locus differ, then one (the dominant allele) determines the organism’s appearance, and the other (the recessive allele) has no noticeable effect on appearance
• In the flower-color example, the F1 plants had purple flowers because the allele for that trait is dominant
• Fourth, (now known as the law of segregation), the two alleles for a heritable character separate (segregate) during gamete formation and end up in different gametes
• Thus, an egg or a sperm gets only one of the two alleles that are present in the organism
• This segregation of alleles corresponds to the distribution of homologous chromosomes to different gametes in meiosis
• Mendel’s segregation model accounts for the 3:1 ratio he observed in the F2 generation of his numerous crosses
• The possible combinations of sperm and egg can be shown using a Punnett square, a diagram for predicting the results of a genetic cross between individuals of known genetic makeup
• A capital letter represents a dominant allele, and a lowercase letter represents a recessive allele
Figure 14.5
P Generation
F1 Generation
F2 Generation
Appearance: Genetic makeup: Gametes:
Appearance: Genetic makeup: Gametes:
Purple flowers White flowers
Purple flowers
Sperm from F1 (Pp) plant
Pp
PP pp P
P
P
P
p
p
p
p
Eggs from F1 (Pp) plant
PP
pp Pp
Pp
1/2 1/2
3 : 1
Useful Genetic Vocabulary • An organism with two identical alleles for a
character is said to be homozygous for the gene controlling that character 동형 접합체
• An organism that has two different alleles for a
gene is said to be heterozygous for the gene controlling that character 이형 접합체
• Unlike homozygotes, heterozygotes are not
true-breeding
• Because of the different effects of dominant and recessive alleles, an organism’s traits do not always reveal its genetic composition
• Therefore, we distinguish between an organism’s phenotype, or physical appearance, and its genotype, or genetic makeup
• In the example of flower color in pea plants, PP and Pp plants have the same phenotype (purple) but different genotypes
Phenotype
Purple
Purple
Purple
White
3
1
1
1
2
Ratio 3:1 Ratio 1:2:1
Genotype
PP (homozygous)
Pp (heterozygous)
Pp (heterozygous)
pp (homozygous)
Figure 14.6
The Testcross 검정교배
• How can we tell the genotype of an individual with the dominant phenotype?
• Such an individual could be either homozygous dominant or heterozygous
• The answer is to carry out a testcross: breeding the mystery individual with a homozygous recessive individual
• If any offspring display the recessive phenotype, the mystery parent must be heterozygous
Figure 14.7
Dominant phenotype, unknown genotype:
PP or Pp?
Recessive phenotype, known genotype:
pp
Predictions If purple-flowered parent is PP
If purple-flowered parent is Pp
or
Sperm Sperm
Eggs Eggs
or
All offspring purple 1/2 offspring purple and 1/2 offspring white
Pp Pp
Pp Pp
Pp Pp
pp pp
p p p p
P
P
P
p
TECHNIQUE
RESULTS
The Law of Independent Assortment 독립유전의 법칙
• Mendel derived the law of segregation by following a single character
• The F1 offspring produced in this cross were monohybrids, individuals that are heterozygous for one character
• A cross between such heterozygotes is called a monohybrid cross 단성잡종교배
• Mendel identified his second law of inheritance by following two characters at the same time
• Crossing two true-breeding parents differing in two characters produces dihybrids in the F1 generation, heterozygous for both characters
• A dihybrid cross, a cross between F1 dihybrids, can determine whether two characters are transmitted to offspring as a package or independently 양성잡종교배
Figure 14.8
P Generation
F1 Generation
Predictions
Gametes
EXPERIMENT
RESULTS
YYRR yyrr
yr YR
YyRr
Hypothesis of dependent assortment
Hypothesis of independent assortment
Predicted offspring of F2 generation
Sperm
Sperm or
Eggs Eggs
Phenotypic ratio 3:1
Phenotypic ratio 9:3:3:1
Phenotypic ratio approximately 9:3:3:1 315 108 101 32
1/2 1/2
1/2
1/2
1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
9/16 3/16 3/16 1/16
YR
YR
YR
YR yr
yr
yr
yr
1/4 3/4
Yr
Yr
yR
yR
YYRR YyRr
YyRr yyrr
YYRR YYRr YyRR YyRr
YYRr YYrr YyRr Yyrr
YyRR YyRr yyRR yyRr
YyRr Yyrr yyRr yyrr
• Using a dihybrid cross, Mendel developed the law of independent assortment
• The law of independent assortment states that each pair of alleles segregates independently of each other pair of alleles during gamete formation
• Strictly speaking, this law applies only to genes on different, nonhomologous chromosomes or those far apart on the same chromosome
• Genes located near each other on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together
• Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment reflect the rules of probability
• When tossing a coin, the outcome of one toss has no impact on the outcome of the next toss
• In the same way, the alleles of one gene segregate into gametes independently of another gene’s alleles
Concept 14.2 The laws of probability govern Mendelian inheritance
• The multiplication rule states that the probability that two or more independent events will occur together is the product of their individual probabilities 곱셈정리
• Probability in an F1 monohybrid cross can be determined using the multiplication rule
• Segregation in a heterozygous plant is like flipping a coin: Each gamete has a chance of carrying the dominant allele and a chance of carrying the recessive allele
The Multiplication and Addition Rules Applied to Monohybrid Crosses
1
2
1
2
Figure 14.9
Segregation of alleles into eggs
Segregation of alleles into sperm
Sperm
Eggs
1/2
1/2
1/2 1/2
1/4 1/4
1/4 1/4
Rr Rr
R
R R
R R
R
r
r
r r r
×
r
• The addition rule states that the probability that any one of two or more exclusive events will occur is calculated by adding together their individual probabilities
• The rule of addition can be used to figure out the probability that an F2 plant from a monohybrid cross will be heterozygous rather than homozygous
Solving Complex Genetics Problems with the Rules of Probability
• We can apply the multiplication and addition rules to predict the outcome of crosses involving multiple characters
• A dihybrid or other multicharacter cross is equivalent to two or more independent monohybrid crosses occurring simultaneously
• In calculating the chances for various genotypes, each character is considered separately, and then the individual probabilities are multiplied
Figure 14.UN01
Probability of YYRR
Probability of YyRR
1/4 (probability of YY)
1/2 (Yy)
1/4 (RR)
1/4 (RR)
1/16
1/8
= ×
× =
=
=
Figure 14.UN02
Chance of at least two recessive traits
ppyyRr ppYyrr Ppyyrr PPyyrr ppyyrr
1/4 (probability of pp) × 1/2 (yy) × 1/2 (Rr) 1/4 × 1/2 × 1/2 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/2 1/4 × 1/2 × 1/2 1/4 × 1/2 × 1/2
= 1/16 = 1/16 = 2/16 = 1/16 = 1/16
= 6/16 or 3/8
• The relationship between genotype and phenotype is rarely as simple as in the pea plant characters Mendel studied
• Many heritable characters are not determined by only one gene with two alleles
• However, the basic principles of segregation and independent assortment apply even to more complex patterns of inheritance
Concept 14.3 Inheritance patterns are often more complex than predicted by simple Mendelian genetics
Extending Mendelian Genetics for a Single Gene
• Inheritance of characters by a single gene may deviate from simple Mendelian patterns in the following situations:
– When alleles are not completely dominant or recessive
– When a gene has more than two alleles – When a gene produces multiple phenotypes
Degrees of Dominance
• Complete dominance occurs when phenotypes of the heterozygote and dominant homozygote are identical
• In incomplete dominance, the phenotype of F1 hybrids is somewhere between the phenotypes of the two parental varieties
• In codominance, two dominant alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways
Figure 14.10
P Generation
F1 Generation
F2 Generation
1/2 1/2
1/2 1/2
1/2
1/2
Red White
Gametes
Pink
Gametes
Sperm
Eggs
CWCW CRCR
CR CW
CRCW
CR CW
CW CR
CR
CW
CRCR CRCW
CRCW CWCW
• A dominant allele does not subdue a recessive allele; alleles don’t interact that way
• Alleles are simply variations in a gene’s nucleotide sequence
• For any character, dominance/recessiveness relationships of alleles depend on the level at which we examine the phenotype
The Relation Between Dominance and Phenotype
• Tay-Sachs disease is fatal; a dysfunctional enzyme causes an accumulation of lipids in the brain
– At the organismal level, the allele is recessive – At the biochemical level, the phenotype (i.e.,
the enzyme activity level) is incompletely dominant
– At the molecular level, the alleles are codominant
Frequency of Dominant Alleles • Dominant alleles are not necessarily more
common in populations than recessive alleles
• For example, one baby out of 400 in the United States is born with extra fingers or toes
• The allele for this unusual trait is dominant to the allele for the more common trait of five digits per appendage
• In this example, the recessive allele is far more prevalent than the population’s dominant allele
Multiple Alleles • Most genes exist in populations in more than two
allelic forms
• For example, the four phenotypes of the ABO blood group in humans are determined by three alleles for the enzyme (I) that attaches A or B carbohydrates to red blood cells: IA, IB, and i.
• The enzyme encoded by the IA allele adds the A carbohydrate, whereas the enzyme encoded by the IB allele adds the B carbohydrate; the enzyme encoded by the i allele adds neither
Figure 14.11
Carbohydrate
Allele
(a) The three alleles for the ABO blood groups and their carbohydrates
(b) Blood group genotypes and phenotypes
Genotype
Red blood cell appearance
Phenotype (blood group)
A
A
B
B AB
none
O
IA IB i
ii IAIB IAIA or IAi IBIB or IBi
Pleiotropy
• Most genes have multiple phenotypic effects, a property called pleiotropy 다면발현
• For example, pleiotropic alleles are responsible for the multiple symptoms of certain hereditary diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle-cell disease
Extending Mendelian Genetics for Two or More Genes
• Some traits may be determined by two or more genes
• Epistasis 상위성
• Polygenic inhertance 다인자 유전
Epistasis
• In epistasis, a gene at one locus alters the phenotypic expression of a gene at a second locus
• For example, in Labrador retrievers and many other mammals, coat color depends on two genes
• One gene determines the pigment color (with alleles B for black and b for brown)
• The other gene (with alleles C for color and c for no color) determines whether the pigment will be deposited in the hair
Figure 14.12
Sperm
Eggs
9 : 3 : 4
1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
BbEe BbEe
BE
BE
bE
bE
Be
Be
be
be
BBEE BbEE BBEe BbEe
BbEE bbEE BbEe bbEe
BBEe BbEe BBee Bbee
BbEe bbEe Bbee bbee
Polygenic Inheritance
• Quantitative characters are those that vary in the population along a continuum 양적 형질
• Quantitative variation usually indicates polygenic
inheritance, an additive effect of two or more genes on a single phenotype
• Skin color in humans is an example of polygenic inheritance
Figure 14.13
Eggs
Sperm
Phenotypes: Number of dark-skin alleles: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8
1/64 6/64 15/64 20/64 15/64 6/64 1/64
AaBbCc AaBbCc
Nature and Nurture: The Environmental Impact on Phenotype
• Another departure from Mendelian genetics arises when the phenotype for a character depends on environment as well as genotype
• The norm of reaction 반응 규격 is the phenotypic range of a genotype influenced by the environment
• For example, hydrangea flowers of the same genotype range from blue-violet to pink, depending on soil acidity
Figure 14.14
• Norms of reaction are generally broadest for polygenic characters
• Such characters are called multifactorial 다인성 because genetic and environmental factors collectively influence phenotype
Integrating a Mendelian View of Heredity and Variation
• An organism’s phenotype includes its physical appearance, internal anatomy, physiology, and behavior
• An organism’s phenotype reflects its overall genotype and unique environmental history
• Humans are not good subjects for genetic research
– Generation time is too long – Parents produce relatively few offspring – Breeding experiments are unacceptable
• However, basic Mendelian genetics endures
as the foundation of human genetics
Concept 14.4 Many human traits follow Mendelian patterns of inheritance
Pedigree Analysis 가계도 분석
• A pedigree is a family tree that describes the interrelationships of parents and children across generations
• Inheritance patterns of particular traits can be traced and described using pedigrees
Figure 14.15
Key
Male Female Affected male
Affected female
Mating Offspring
1st generation
2nd generation
3rd generation
1st generation
2nd generation
3rd generation
Is a widow’s peak a dominant or recessive trait?
(a) Is an attached earlobe a dominant or recessive trait?
b)
Widow’s peak
No widow’s peak
Attached earlobe
Free earlobe
FF or Ff WW
or Ww
Ww ww ww Ww
Ww Ww Ww ww ww ww
ww
Ff Ff Ff
Ff Ff
ff
ff ff ff FF or Ff
ff
• Pedigrees can also be used to make predictions about future offspring
• We can use the multiplication and addition rules to predict the probability of specific phenotypes
Recessively Inherited Disorders
• Many genetic disorders are inherited in a recessive manner
• These range from relatively mild to life-threatening
The Behavior of Recessive Alleles • Recessively inherited disorders show up only in
individuals homozygous for the allele
• Carriers 보인자 are heterozygous individuals who carry the recessive allele but are phenotypically normal; most individuals with recessive disorders are born to carrier parents
• Albinism 선천성 색소결핍증, 백색증 is a recessive condition characterized by a lack of pigmentation in skin and hair
Figure 14.16
Parents Normal
Aa
Sperm
Eggs
Normal Aa
AA Normal
Aa Normal (carrier)
Aa
Normal (carrier)
aa Albino
A
A
a
a
• If a recessive allele that causes a disease is rare, then the chance of two carriers meeting and mating is low
• Consanguineous matings 동족 교배 (i.e., matings between close relatives) increase the chance of mating between two carriers of the same rare allele
• Most societies and cultures have laws or taboos against marriages between close relatives
Cystic Fibrosis 낭포성 섬유증
• Cystic fibrosis is the most common lethal genetic disease in the United States, striking one out of every 2,500 people of European descent
• The cystic fibrosis allele results in defective or absent chloride transport channels in plasma membranes leading to a buildup of chloride ions outside the cell
• Symptoms include mucus buildup in some internal organs and abnormal absorption of nutrients in the small intestine
Cystic fibrosis (CF), also known as mucoviscidosis, is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine.
Difficulty breathing is the most serious symptom and results from frequent lung infections. Other symptoms—including sinus infections, poor growth, and infertility—affect other parts of the body. CF is caused by one of many different mutations in the gene for the protein cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR, 170kDa transmembrane glycoprotein and
cAMP-dependent Cl- ion channel The underlying mechanism is abnormal transport of chloride and sodium across the epithelium, which is the cell layer that covers membranes over organs. This leads to thick, viscous secretions. The name cystic fibrosis refers to the characteristic scarring (fibrosis) and cyst formation within the pancreas, first recognized in the 1930s.
Sickle-Cell Disease: A Genetic Disorder with Evolutionary Implications
• Sickle-cell disease affects one out of 400 African-Americans 겸상적혈구 빈혈증
(sickle-cell anemia)
• The disease is caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells [Fig. 5.19]
• In homozygous individuals, all hemoglobin is abnormal (sickle-cell)
The
Nat
iona
l Hea
rt, L
ung,
and
Blo
od In
stitu
te (N
HLB
I)
Fig. 14-UN1
• Symptoms include physical weakness, pain, organ damage, and even paralysis
• Heterozygotes (said to have sickle-cell trait) are usually healthy but may suffer some symptoms
• About one out of ten African Americans has sickle cell trait, an unusually high frequency of an allele with detrimental effects in homozygotes
• Heterozygotes are less susceptible to the malaria parasite, so there is an advantage to being heterozygous
Figure 14.17 Sickle-cell alleles
Low O2
Sickle-cell hemoglobin
proteins
Sickled red blood cells
Part of a fiber of sickle-cell hemo- globin proteins
Sickle-cell allele Normal allele
Very low O2
Sickled and normal red blood cells
Part of a sickle-cell fiber and normal
hemoglobin proteins
Sickle-cell and normal hemo-
globin proteins
Homozygote with sickle-cell disease: Weakness, anemia, pain and fever, organ damage
Heterozygote with sickle-cell trait: Some symptoms when blood oxygen is very low; reduction of malaria symptoms
(a)
(b)
Dominantly Inherited Disorders • Some human disorders are caused by
dominant alleles • Dominant alleles that cause a lethal disease
are rare and arise by mutation
• Achondroplasia 연골 무형성증 is a form of dwarfism 왜소증 caused by a rare dominant allele
• An autosomal dominant genetic disorder, is caused by a change in the gene for fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3), which causes an abnormality of cartilage.
Figure 14.18
Parents Dwarf
Dd
Sperm
Eggs Dd
Dwarf
dd Normal
Dd Dwarf
dd Normal
D
d
d
d
Normal dd
• The timing of onset of a disease significantly affects its inheritance
• Huntington’s disease is a degenerative disease of the nervous system
• The disease has no obvious phenotypic effects until the individual is about 35 to 40 years of age
• Once the deterioration of the nervous system begins the condition is irreversible and fatal
Huntington’s Disease: A Late-Onset Lethal Disease
• Expansion of a CAG (cytosine-adenine-guanine) triplet repeat stretch within the Huntingtin gene results in a different (mutant) form of the protein, which gradually damages cells in the brain, through mechanisms that are not fully understood.
• The most common genetic cause of abnormal involuntary writhing movements called chorea, which is why the disease used to be called Huntington's chorea 헌팅턴 무도병
Huntington’s Disease: A Late-Onset Lethal Disease
Multifactorial Disorders 다인자성 장애
• Many diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, alcoholism, mental illnesses, and cancer have both genetic and environmental components
• Little is understood about the genetic contribution to most multifactorial diseases
Genetic Testing and Counseling
• Genetic counselors can provide information to prospective parents concerned about a family history for a specific disease
Counseling Based on Mendelian Genetics and Probability Rules
• Using family histories, genetic counselors help couples determine the odds that their children will have genetic disorders
• Probabilities are predicted on the most accurate information at the time; predicted probabilities may change as new information is available
Tests for Identifying Carriers
• For a growing number of diseases, tests are available that identify carriers and help define the odds more accurately
• The tests enable people to make more informed decisions about having children
• However, they raise other issues, such as whether affected individuals fully understand their genetic test results
Fetal Testing
• In amniocentesis, the liquid that bathes the fetus is removed and tested 양수 검사
• In chorionic villus sampling (CVS), a sample of the placenta is removed and tested 임신초기 융모검사
• Other techniques, such as ultrasound and fetoscopy, allow fetal health to be assessed visually in utero
Figure 14.19
(a) Amniocentesis (b) Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) Ultrasound monitor
Amniotic fluid withdrawn
Fetus Placenta Uterus Cervix
Centrifugation
Fluid
Fetal cells
Several hours
Several weeks
Several weeks
Biochemical and genetic
tests
Karyotyping
Ultrasound monitor Fetus
Placenta Chorionic villi
Uterus Cervix
Suction tube inserted through cervix
Several hours
Fetal cells
Several hours
1
1
2
2
3
Newborn Screening
• Some genetic disorders can be detected at birth by simple tests that are now routinely performed in most hospitals in the United States
• One common test is for phenylketonuria (PKU), a recessively inherited disorder that occurs in one of every 10,000–15,000 births in the United States
Figure 14.UN03
Complete dominance of one allele
Relationship among alleles of a single gene Description Example
Incomplete dominance of either allele
Codominance
Multiple alleles
Pleiotropy
Heterozygous phenotype same as that of homo- zygous dominant
Heterozygous phenotype intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes
Both phenotypes expressed in heterozygotes In the whole population, some genes have more than two alleles One gene is able to affect multiple phenotypic characters
ABO blood group alleles
Sickle-cell disease
PP Pp
CRCR CRCW CWCW
IAIB
IA, IB, i
Figure 14.UN04
Epistasis
Polygenic inheritance
Relationship among two or more genes Description Example
The phenotypic expression of one gene affects that of another
A single phenotypic character is affected by two or more genes
9 : 3 : 4
BbEe BbEe
BE BE
bE
bE
Be
Be
be
be
AaBbCc AaBbCc
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