CBSE Class 10 Answered
Differentiate between incomplete and co-dominance
Asked by sharmistha.panda | 21 May, 2011, 12:00: AM
In incomplete dominance, the resulting F1 generation will show a blending of the parental characters whereas in codominance, both the parental characteristics can be seen (or are expressed) in the offspring without any blending.
For better understanding, we can use the following examples:
Incomplete dominance: In the four Oclock plant
Mirabilis jalapa, when a homozygous red flowered plant (RR) is crossed to a homozygous white flowered plant, all flowers in the F1 are pink. When F1 plants are self pollinated, the phenotypic ratio is found to be 1 : 2 : 1. The heterozygous (Rr) plants have an intermediate colour pink.
Co-dominance - The four blood groups of humans are determined by a single gene. The alleles IA
for A group, IB for B blood group are both dominant. Therefore person with alleles IA and IB has the blood group AB as both the genes IA and IB are co-dominant. The gene i when homozygous (ii) gives the blood group O.
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