Combined Science GCSE
Inheritance of harmful recessive alleles
What Inheritance of harmful recessive alleles means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Inbred offspring are more likely to inherit two copies of the same harmful recessive allele, so inherited defects become more common.
Topics that use Inheritance of harmful recessive alleles
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- artificial selection
- Artificial selection by humans
- change in allele frequency over generations
- Desired characteristic
- Inbreeding
- Production of true-breeding populations
- Reduced genetic variation
- Repeated breeding over generations
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