Concept Check: Extensions of Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance patterns Genetic linkage

Autosomal Genetic map
X-linked Linked loci
Y-linked Unlinked loci
Dominant Independent assortment
Recessive Crossing over
Mitochondrial Recombinant
Hemizygous Non-recombinant
Carrier Parental
Linkage phase
Non-Mendelian Phenomena Recombination frequency
Incomplete penetrance Map distance/Genetic distance
Expressivity CentiMorgan/map unit
Epistasis Association
Complex traits Genome-wide association study
Quantitative traits Patient
Risk factor Control
Marker loci
SSLP
SNP
Polymorphic
Twin study
Identical (monozygotic) twins
Fraternal (dizygotic) twins
Concordance rate