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High School Biology: Human Genetics and Biotechnology - Human Inheritance
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Inherited refers to a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction. Inheritance is determined by the rules of Mendelian genetics.

High School Biology: Human Genetics and Biotechnology - Human Inheritance
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1. Which of the following statements is correct concerning autosomal traits? (1) Autosomal traits are controlled by genes on one of the 22 autosomes. (2) Earlobe attachment is an autosomal trait. (3) Red-green color blindness is an autosomal trait.
2. Mutations in a collagen gene affect bones, the ears and the eyes. This is an example of
3. Which disorder results from an abnormal hemoglobin protein in red blood cells?
4. A mother has red-green color blindness. Her husband is not affected.
5. Why are recessive X-linked alleles always expressed in males?
6. ABO blood type is a multiple allele trait. Which of the following is NOT a blood type phenotype?
7. Human skin color and weight are both polygenic traits. A graph of these traits would have
8. Down syndrome may result from
9. Which of the following is an example of a multiple allele trait?
10. Which of the following are dominant traits controlled by a single autosomal gene?