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| Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 6. Gene Interaction Penetrance and Expressivity Figure 6-19. Lack of penetrance illustrated by a pedigree for a dominant allele. Individual Q must have the allele (because it was passed on to her progeny), but it was not expressed in her phenotype. An individual such as R cannot be sure that her genotype lacks the allele.

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