CODOMINANCE

AND
POLYGENES
 CODOMINANCE
Is a form of dominance wherein
the alleles of a gene pair are
fully expressed.
Neither allele are dominant:
both expressed.
A cross between organisms
with two different phenotypes
produces offspring with has
both phenotypes of the
p a r e n t a l t r a i t s s h o w.
 Codominant alleles are symboliz
ed by a capital letter with a sup
erscript.
Codominant alleles express bot
h allele phenotypes.
A typical example showing
codominance is the abo blood
group system.
Co means together.
Example:
1. A black (RR) hamster is crossed with a white (JJ). Identify
the genotypic and phenotypic ratio of the said cross.

R R

J RJ RJ

J RJ RJ
GR: 4 RJ
PR: 4 black and white hamster
2. Ace has blood type AB marries Abby which is blood type
O. What is the chance of having child/ren that is blood
type A?

IA IB

i IAi IBi

i IAi IBi
GR: 2 IAi; 2 LBi
PR: 2 blood type A: 2 blood type B
Percent: 50% chance of having blood type A
3. Berto, which is blood type B married Abby which is blood
type O. State the GR and PR of the cross.

IB IB

i IBi IBi
B
I i B
I i
i
GR: 4 IBi
PR: 4 blood type B
4. A black hen (CC) is crossed with a red chicken (HH).
Give the GR and PR. (CC= black feather, HH= red
feather, CH= red, black and speckled)

C C
H CH CH

H CH CH
GR: 4 CH
PR: 4 red, black and speckled
5. A white bitch shih tzu (PP) is cross with a brown shih tzu
(SS). What is the probability of having white and brown
spotted fur shih tzu? ( PP= white, SS= brown, PS= white
and brown spotted)
P P

S PS PS

S PS PS
GR: 4 PS
PR: 4
Percent: 100% white and brown spotted
 POLYGENES
Human features like height, eye color, and hair color
come in lots of slightly different forms because they are
controlled by many genes, each of which contributes
some amount to the overall phenotype. For example,
there are two major eye color genes, but at least 14
other genes that play roles in determining a persons
exact eye color^3 3 start superscript, 3, end
superscript. Looking at a real example of a human
polygenic trait would get complicated, largely because
wed have to keep track of tens, or even hundreds, of
different allele pairs (like the 400 involved in height!).
However, we can use an example involving wheat
kernels to see how several genes whose alleles "add
up" to influence the same trait can produce a spectrum
of phenotypes^{1,4} 1,4 start superscript, 1, comma, 4,
end superscript.
Example:
Two plants heterozygous for all three genes (AaBbCc)
were crossed to one another.
QUIZ
1. What will be the GR and PR if Pedro has a blood type A
and Petra has a blood type 0?

2. What is the chance of having children with blood type O, if

Martha has a blood type A and Matteo has blood type B?

3.What will be the GR and PR if you cross blood type A and

blood type B?

4. A yellow gib (cat) (SS) is cross to a white molly (TT). What

will be the probability of having yellow and white spotted? (
SS=Yellow, TT=white,ST= yellow and white spotted.

5. What will be the GR and PR if you cross a white rabbit

(PP) and a black rabbit (EE).
1. What will be the GR and PR if Pedro has a blood type A
and Petra has a blood type 0?

IA IA

i A
I i IAi

i IAi IAi
GR: 100% IAi
PR: 100% blood type A
2. What is the chance of having children with blood type O, if
Martha has a blood type A and Matteo has blood type B?

I B IB

IA A
I IB A
I IB

A
I IB
IA IAIB

0% of having blood type O

3.What will be the GR and PR if you cross blood type A and
blood type B?

IA IA

IB A
I IB A
I I B

IB IAIB IAIB

GR: 100% IAIB

PR: 100% blood type AB
4. A yellow gib (cat) (SS) is cross to a white molly (TT).
What will be the probability of having yellow and white
spotted? ( SS=Yellow, TT=white,ST= yellow and white
spotted.
S S

T ST ST

T ST ST
0% of having white and yellow spotted
5. What will be the GR and PR if you cross a white rabbit
(PP) and a black rabbit (EE).

P P

S PS PS

S PS PS
GR: 100% PS
PR: 100% white and black
rabbit
Thank you!!!!
Prepared by: Group 2