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carrier
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organisms whose genome contains a gene for a certain trait or disease that is not expressed in the organism's phenotype
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codominance
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heterozygous genotype that equally expresses the traits from both alleles
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incomplete dominance
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heterozygous phenotype that is a blend of the two homozygous phenotypes
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karyotype
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image of all the chromosomes in a cell
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pedigree
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chart of the phenotypes and genotypes in a family that is used to determine whether an individual is a carrier of a recessive allele
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polygenic trait
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trait that is produced by two or more genes
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X Chromosome inactivation
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process that occurs in female mammals in which one of the X chromosomes is randomly turned off in each cell
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