Incomplete Dominance and Codominance
Incomplete Dominance and Codominance
DOMINANCE
• INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
✔ Incomplete dominance is when a
dominant allele form of a gene,
which does not completely mask
the effects of a recessive allele
Snapdragon flower
is a good example
X =
Red (RR) X White (rr) = Pink (Rr)
The allele with color red (RR)
is not completely expressed over the
color white (rr) resulting to an offspring
that is color pink (Rr).
The inherited traits blend together!
To understand this better, we use a
representation using a table called Punnett
Square
Punnett Square:
Cross between RED (RR) and White (rr) color.
Genotype and Phenotype
GENOTYPE:
Rr =
PHENOTYPE:
Pink=
1 2
3 4
What would happen if two Pink
Snapdragons would mate? What would the
characteristics of the offspring be?
X = ?
F1 (Filial 1)
Can you help me with this?
GENOTYPE:
RR-
Rr-
rr-
PHENOTYPE:
Red-
White-
Pink-
How about the
Phenotype and
Genotype?
Got it!!!
GENOTYPE:
(ALLELES)
RR-
Rr-
rr-
PHENOTYPE:
1 1 (TRAITS)
Red-
Pink-
2 1 White-
CONCLUSION:
✔ In incomplete dominance the
parent’s characteristics blend in
offspring with two heterozygous
alleles
✔ An INTERMEDIATE allele is
produced.
✔ The offspring looks different, but
slightly similar to its parents.
Seatwork # 1
In humans, wavy hair (Cc)
is the result of incomplete
dominance of curly (CC) hair
to straight (cc) hair genes.
What is the possible genotype
inherited traits from two wavy
haired parents?
Seatwork #2
wavy hair (Cc)
curly hair (CC)
Straight hair (cc)
What is the possible
genotype inherited from
curly haired father and a
wavy-haired mother?
CODOMINANCE
• CODOMINANCE
✔Occur when genes has
two DOMINANT alleles
are both are
expressed or visible
in the phenotype of the
offspring.
• EXAMPLE OF CODOMINANCE
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How is a Roan trait expressed?
Observe the image below
X
RR
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If we apply this in the Punnett Square what
would it look like? And can you try to solve for
it’s phenotypic percentage?
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CONCLUSION:
✔In codominance both
characteristics are expressed
with heterozygous alleles
✔ in the phenotype, you will
see two traits (from dominant
allele of each parents).
Seatwork #3
Mang Berto owns brown
(BB) cows while his
neighbor farms owns
roan (BW) and white
(WW) coat bulls. One
day his cows birthed
roan calves, who is the
father of the calves?
Seatwork # 4
In a species of birds, blue
feathers (BB) are incompletely
dominant to the gene for white
feathers (bb). Individuals that
are heterozygous (Bb) have
blue-tipped feathers. What
traits can be inherited if a bird
with blue-tipped feathers is
crossed with a white bird.
MULTIPLE
ALLELES
• MULTIPLE
ALLELE
✔is where there are three (3)
or more alternative forms
of alleles of the same
genes, thus producing
more physical variations
✔The best example for
multiple allele is Blood
Type!
ABO ALLELE
SYSTEM
A IA
B IB
O i
The genotype and phenotype for Blood Type
(AA)
IA IA
(AO)
A
IA i
(BB) IB IB
(BO) B
IA i
(AB) IA IB AB
(OO) i i O
So, what if......
The father has Blood Type A (IA i), while
the mother has Blood Type O (i i)…
GENOTYPE: PHENOTYPE: