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Mendelian Inheritance

Summary:

Mendelian inheritance refers to the inheritance of traits controlled by a single gene with two alleles.
Autosomal traits are controlled by genes on one of the 22 human autosomes.
Other single-gene autosomal traits include widow's peak and hitchhiker's thumb.

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