12. A condition wherein the presence of a certain allele causes death of the organism.O lethal genescodominanceO incomplete dominanceO multiple alleles

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A condition wherein the presence of a certain allele causes death of the organism. O lethal genes O codominance O incomplete dominance O multiple alleles

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter9: Patterns Of Inheritance

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A condition wherein the presence of a certain allele causes death of the organism.
O lethal genes
codominance
O incomplete dominance
O multiple alleles

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