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Review materials Genetics： the study of gene structure and action and the patterns of inheritance of traits from parent to offspring.? Genetic mechanisms are the underlying foundation for evolutionary change.? Genetics is the branch of science that deals with the inheritance and variation of biological characteristics. An allele is one of several alternative forms of a gene occupying a given locus on a chromosome. A point mutation is a change in the sequence of DNA involving a single base pair. A linkage group includes all loci that can be connected (directly or indirectly) by linkage relatio