Biology: How Life Works, Volume 2 & Launchpad (twelve-month Access)
Biology: How Life Works, Volume 2 & Launchpad (twelve-month Access)
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Author: Morris
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Chapter 16, Problem 9SA
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A human pedigree for a dominant and a recessive trait and also to explain the pattern of inheritance.

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A pedigree is defined as the family’s history chart considering a particular given genetic trait. In a pedigree chart, males are specified by squares and females by circles. Colored circles and squares represent individuals expressing the genetic which are often a disorder. Union is the line between a square and a circle. A vertical line going downward leads directly to a single child. Generations are numbered down the left side, and individuals are then identified from left to right.

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