a)dominance in both pairs of genes
b)codominance in both pairs of genes
c)codominance in one pair of genes
d)multiple alleles
If you have ttRR x TTrr on a punnet square, what is the mode of inheritance expressed?
Your answer would be:
a) dominance in both pairs of genes
This is because, even though the cross is ttRR x TTrr, nothing is said about how the genes are expressed, so we assume regular Mendelian genetics. So, the T allele is dominant over the t allele, and the R is dominant over the r. Codominance is when neither allele is dominant overe the other and the phenotype includes the phenotypes of both of the parents.
I know dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance are tricky, it took me a while to get it. But an example of codominance is blood type, because people can be AB, right? So, the A came from one parent and the B came from another...neither is dominant. Both are expressed.
Reply:b, codominance in both pairs of genes
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