Multi-Trait Inheritance

Vocabulary flashcards covering multi-trait genetics, dihybrid crosses, Mendel's law of independent assortment, polygenic inheritance, and variations in gene expression.

Dihybrid cross

A genetic cross between individuals that involves two genes, each consisting of heterozygous alleles

Law of independent assortment

The alleles for different traits are sorted into reproductive cells independently of one another

Discontinuous variation

traits that fall into distinct, clear-cut categories with no intermediate values between them

Continuous variation

a characteristic that changes gradually over a full range of values rather than fitting into separate, distinct categories