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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Qualitative character- Characteristic that exhibits only a few, easily distinguished phenotypes

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#Id: 6816

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The relation between genotype and phenotype is straight forward. Each genotype produces a single phenotype, and most phenotypes are encoded by a single genotype.

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#Id: 6817

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Dominance and Epistasis may allow different genotypes to produce the same phenotype, but the relation remains simple.

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#Id: 6818

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Quantitative character - Large number of possible phenotypes that are not easily distinguished.

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#Id: 6819

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Additive effect of both allelic and non allelic. Quantitative characteristics include height, weight, intelligent and blood pressure in humans, growth rate in mice, seed weight in plants, and milk production in cattle.

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#Id: 6820

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Quantitative characteristic influenced by environmental factors