inheritance patterns
How traits pass
Inheritance patterns are the ways traits pass from parents to offspring through genes.
In genetics, the term describes predictable modes of transmission: dominant, recessive, X-linked, and others.
Mendel's experiments with peas revealed basic inheritance patterns.
The phrase also appears in legal contexts regarding how property transfers across generations.
- expressivityQuality of conveying emotion
- incomplete dominanceBlended allelic expression
- dominant traitGene expression that overrides
- recessive traitGene expression requiring homozygosity
- alleleGene variant at one locus
segregation · penetrance · codominance · chromosome · meiosis · carrier · recombination · genotype · monogenic · heterozygous · gene pool · genetic predisposition · genetic counseling · mutation · genetics · recessive · hybrid · lineage
inheritance patternsenvironmental factors
Outside influences on organisms
acquired traits · environmental influences · nurture · lifestyle factors