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Inheritance Patterns
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Definition
: The different ways GENES and their ALLELES interact during the transmission of genetic traits that effect the outcome of GENE EXPRESSION.
Examples
Anticipation, Genetic
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Extrachromosomal Inheritance
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Genes, Dominant
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Genes, Recessive
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Genes, X-Linked
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Genes, Y-Linked
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Genetic Pleiotropy
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Multifactorial Inheritance
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Penetrance
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Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Other names
Patterns, Inheritance; Pattern, Inheritance; Inheritance Pattern