Non-Mendelian Inheritance
Biology ⇒ Genetics and Heredity
Non-Mendelian Inheritance starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe how environmental factors can influence the expression of polygenic traits, giving an example.
Describe how epistasis can affect the phenotype of an organism.
Describe how mitochondrial DNA is inherited in most animals.
Describe how pleiotropy can affect an organism.
Describe the difference between incomplete dominance and codominance.
Explain the concept of multiple alleles using the ABO blood group system as an example.
Explain the difference between Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance.
Explain why a cross between a red-flowered and a white-flowered snapdragon produces pink flowers in the F1 generation.
Explain why skin color in humans is considered a polygenic trait.
Explain why the inheritance of leaf color in some plants is considered cytoplasmic inheritance.
