Question

Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a disease that causes fragile bones. Scientists introduced a mutated form of type 1 collagen into mice and found that 70% of the mice exhibited symptoms similar to humans; however, 30% of the mice with the same genotype appeared completely normal. This is an example of

A. environmental influence

B. variable expression

C. codominance

D.epistasis

E. incomplete penetrance

F. complementation

G. incomplete dominance

Answer 1

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Anso This es "This is an example of incomplete penetration. When we known that the genotype i present but the phenotipe is not observable, the breact shows incomplete penetration. Basically, anything that shows less than 100% penetration is an example of incomplete penetration - _ x