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Solutions For An Introduction to Genetic Analysis Chapter 12 Problem 10P

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Through imprinting the mutant gene B would be silenced if the gene is inherited from the father. But on the other hand, if the mutant gene B is inherited from the mother, then it cannot be masked by the paternal, as it is has been silenced. This specific mutation would appear more like a dominant trait even though both the strands were not mutant.

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