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Patterns of Inheritance Patterns of Inheritance Mendelian Inheritance Key concepts Mendelâs research showed that traits are inherited as discrete units. Mendelâs data revealed…

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Farmers realized thousands of years ago that if you only breed parent plants & animals that have the best characteristics you could produced offspring that also had those…

PowerPoint Presentation Human Genetics Concepts and Applications Ninth Edition RICKI LEWIS Copyright ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction…

Patterns of Inheritance Patterns of Inheritance Mendelian Inheritance Key concepts Mendelâs research showed that traits are inherited as discrete units. Mendelâs data revealed…