Inheritance patterns describe how genetic traits or disorders are passed from parents to offspring through alleles. These patterns help predict the likelihood of an individual inheriting a particular trait based on the genetic makeup of their parents.

Inheritance Patterns

Inheritance patterns

Genetic traits are characteristics or attributes of an organism that are influenced by genes and can be passed from one generation to the next through inheritance. These traits can be physical, such as eye color, or behavioral, such as instinctual behaviors, and are determined by the complex interactions between multiple genes and environmental factors.

genetic traits

Genetic disorders are diseases caused by abnormalities in an individual's DNA, which can be inherited or occur spontaneously. They can result from mutations in a single gene, multiple genes, or be due to chromosomal abnormalities and can vary greatly in severity and symptoms.

Genetic Disorders

parents to offspring

Alleles are different versions of the same gene that can exist at a specific locus on a chromosome, influencing an organism's traits by varying the expression of that gene. The combination of alleles inherited from both parents determines the organism's genotype and can result in diverse phenotypic outcomes, including dominant, recessive, and co-dominant expressions.

alleles

predict the likelihood

inheriting a particular trait

Genetic makeup of parents

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