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Y Linked
Y Linked
Fig. 4.24
Chapter 4 Human Heredity by Michael Cummings ©2006 Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning
Y-Linked Genes
Fig. 4.25
Genotype Phenotype
AA agouti wild-type allele
(dark gray)
tail
viability
# showing phenotype
Penetrance = ---------------------------------- %
Total of that genotype
Retinoblastoma: An example of
variable expressivity
• 25% are unaffected
Expressivity
BbDd cross
Phenylpyruvic acid