In multiple alleles, one trait has more than two alleles.

A specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through its genes

a flower with white petals reproduce with red petals resulting in a red flower with white steaks.

Fragmentation and budding

sheep with black fleece and white fleece reproducing resulting in a gray fleece sheep

different genes are expressed together to produce the trait

half from father and half from mother

traits animals develop during their lifetime

both parents must pass on the recessive trait

Advantage: do not have to find a mate and can produce many offspring quickly. Disadv: They are exact copies of their parents which is a problem if env changes.

sexual reproduction involving an egg cell and a sperm cell joining to form a new cell

Blood type