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Beyond Dominant & Recessive Alleles • Some alleles are neither dominant nor recessive, and many traits are controlled by multiple genes.

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Beyond Dominant & Recessive Alleles

• Some alleles are neither dominant nor recessive, and many traits are controlled by multiple genes.

Incomplete Dominance • One allele is not completely dominant over

another. – The offspring has an intermediate (blend) phenotype– Ex: 4 o’clock flowers

• RR (red) X rr (white)• Rr genotype produces a pink flower

Incomplete Dominance

Codominane• Codominance – a condition in which both alleles

contribute to the phenotype of the organism.– Ex: Roan cattle

• RR (red) X WW (white) • RW genotype produces a roan cow, which has both red and

white hair.

Codominance

• Sickle-cell anemia follows codominant inheritance.

Polygenic Inheritance

• Polygenic Inheritance – some traits are determined by the interaction of many pairs of genes.– Ex: Height, weight and skin color in humans

• Skin tone depends on the amount of melanin pigment in skin cells.

• Very dark-skinned people have alleles that code for the production of melanin at many gene positions for skin color.

• Whereas, light-skinned people have alleles that code for the production of melanin at fewer gene positions for skin color.

Pedigrees

• A pedigree is a diagrammed family history that is used to study inheritance patterns of a trait through several generations.

• They can also be used to predict disorders in future offspring.

Pedigrees

• A pedigree uses symbols to illustrate inheritance of the trait.– Males = squares– Females = circles– Expresses the trait = completely shaded

shape– Carries the trait = half shaded shape– Does not express the trait = unfilled shape

Pedigrees