Genetics - A. V. Sivolob 2008

Formal Genetics: Patterns of Trait Inheritance
Deviations from Mendelian Ratios

Mendel's Laws are to genetics roughly what the laws of ideal gas behavior are to Thermodynamics. Just as the ideal gas model is made more complex to account for The properties of real gases, Mendelian principles serve as the foundation for developing more sophisticated models that take into account various Specific features of how The hereditary apparatus Functions in particular cases. The segregation patterns described above, which are actually observed for certain pea traits, are rather the exception to the rule. In fact, all of post-Mendelian genetics is dedicated to elucidating the causes of various deviations from Mendel's laws.



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