Silliman University Senior High School

General Biology 2

Incomplete Dominance and Codominance

Name Hamihlyn A. Balauro Section 12 STEAM J

I. Incomplete Dominance Problems

Snapdragons are incompletely dominant for color; they have phenotypes red, pink, or white. The red
flowers are homozygous dominant, the white flowers are homozygous recessive, and the pink flowers are
heterozygous. Give the genotypes for each of the phenotypes, using the letters CR for the red allele and
CW for the white allele.

1. Red snapdragon 2. Pink snapdragon 3. White snapdragon

genotype: CR CR genotype: CR CW genotype: CW CW

Show genetic crosses between the following snapdragon parents, using the Punnett squares, and give
the offspring genotypic and phenotypic ratios for each cross.

4. pink x pink 5. white x pink 6. red x pink

CR CW CR CW CR CW
CR CR CR CR CW CW CW CR CW CW CR CR CR CR CW

CW CR CW CW CW CW CW CR CW CW CR CR CR CR CW

Genotypic: Genotypic: Genotypic:

25% CR CR , 50% CR CW , 25% CW CW 50% CW CR , 50% CW CW 50% CR CR , 50% CR CW ,

Phenotypic: Phenotypic: Phenotypic:

25% red, 50% pink, 25% white 50% pink, 50% white 50% white, 50% pink

In horses, some of the genes for hair color are incompletely dominant. Genotypes are as follows: brown
horses are HBHB, white horses are HWHW and a HBHW genotype creates a yellow-tannish colored horse with
a white mane and tail, which is called “palomino”. Show the genetic crosses between the following horses
using Punnett squares and give the offspring genotypic and phenotypic ratios.

7. brown x white 8. brown x palomino 9. palomino x palomino

HW HW HB HW HB HW

HB HBHW HBHW HB HBHB HBHW HB HBHB HBHW

HB HBHW HBHW HB HBHB HBHW HW HBHW HWHW

Genotypic: Genotypic: Genotypic:

100% HBHW 50% HBHB, 50% HBHW 25% HBHB, 50% HBH , 25% HWHW
Phenotypic: Phenotypic: Phenotypic:
100% palomino 50% Brown, 50% palomino 25% Brown, 50% palomino, 25% white
 10. Which two colors of horse would you want to breed if you wanted to produce the maximum
numbers of palominos in the shortest amount of time? Why?

Brown and white because if we will base it on the punnett square above, there will be 100%
chance that all would be palominos.

II. Codominance Problems

Human blood types are determined by genes that follow the CODOMINANCE pattern of inheritance.
There are two dominant alleles (A & B) and one recessive allele (O).

Blood Type Genotype Can donate blood to: Can receive blood from:
(Phenotype)

O ii A,B, AB and O O
(universal donor)

AB IAIB AB A, B, AB and O
(universal receiver)

A IAIA or IAi AB, A O, A

B IBIB or IBi AB, B O, B

Write the genotype for each person based on the description.

11. Homozygous for the “B” allele IBIB
12. Heterozygous for the “A” allele IAi
13. Type O ii
14. Type “A” and had a type “O” parent IAi
15. Type “AB” IAIB
16. Blood can be donated to anybody ii
17. Can only get blood from a type “O” donor ii
18. Pretend that Brad Pitt is homozygous for the type B allele, and Angelina Jolie is type “O.”
What are all the possible blood types of their baby? (Show your solution using Punnet square.)
IBIB IBIB

ii IBi IBi
IBi = B
ii IBi IBi

19 – 21. Mrs. Santos is type “A” and Mr. Santos is type “O.” They have three children named Matthew,
Mark, and Luke. Mark is type “O,” Matthew is type “A,” and Luke is type “AB.” Based on this
information:
19. Mr. Santos must have the genotype ii
20. Mrs. Santos must have the genotype IA IA because Matthew has blood type
IAi
21. Luke cannot be the biological child of Mr. and Mrs. Santos because neither of them has the allele
IB .
22-23. Based on the information in this table, which men could NOT be the father of the baby? (hint…
look at the baby’s blood type only…) You can use the Punnett square if you need help figuring it out.
The waiter and the mailman.

Name Blood Type

Mother Type A
IA i
Baby Type B

The mailman Type O IB IAIB IBi

The butcher Type AB

The waiter Type A ? IA? i?

The cable guy Type B

The Father must have atleast one B allele. Type O or ii and Type A or IAIA does not have a B
allele. So therefore, the waiter and the mailman cannot be the father.
24-25. The sister of the mom above also had issues with finding out who the father of her baby was.
She had the state take a blood test of potential fathers. Based on the information in this table, why was
the baby taken away from the mother by the state authority after the test?
Because the mother neither has the blood type A or B which are both present in the blood
type of the child.

Name Blood Type

Mother Type O

Baby Type AB

Bartender Type O

Guy at the club Type AB

Cabdriver Type A

Flight attendant Type B