What pattern of inheritance is occurring if one person in a population has two different alleles of a particular gene and other people in the population have a third allele of this gene?

A) codominance
B) pleiotropy
C) incomplete dominance
D) multiple allelism


D

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Shawn's mother and Heather's mother are sisters. Shawn and Heather have ________ of their genes in common.

A) 1/2 B) 1/4 C) 1/8 D) 1/16

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