The multifactorial inheritance refers to the manifestation of genetic-based traits that depend on the action of multiple factors. That is, the charact...
Two genes are linked when they tend to be inherited together as if they were a single entity. This can also happen with more than two genes. In any ca...
A synapomorphy it is any character that is exclusive to a group of species and the common ancestor that defines them. The term comes from the Greek an...
A pure line in biology it is a lineage that does not segregate, that is, those individuals or groups of individuals that, when reproducing, give rise ...
The pleiotropy it is the genetic phenomenon in which the expression of a gene affects in an individual the phenotypic manifestation of other unrelated...
A primosome, in genetics, and other branches of biology, it is a multiprotein complex in charge of executing the first steps that lead to DNA replicat...
The autosomes, Autosomal chromosomes or somatic chromosomes are non-sex chromosomes. The number, shapes and sizes of the autosomes that make up the ka...
A locus, in genetics, it refers to the physical position of a gene or a specific sequence within a chromosome. The term originates from Latin roots, a...
The homologous chromosomes of an individual are those chromosomes that are part of the same pair in a diploid organism. In biology, homology refers to...
