1. Why does incomplete ndominance results in blending of characteristics? 2. How do you determine incomplete dominance? 3. What is the importance of incomplete dominance in studying genetics?
1. Incomplete dominance occurs when neither of two alleles is fully dominant nor recessive towards each other. The alleles are both expressed and the phenotype, or physical trait, is a mixture of the two alleles. In less technical terms, this means that the two possible traits are blended together.
2.Incomplete dominance is when the phenotypes of the two parents blend together to create a new phenotype for their offspring. An example is a white flower and a red flower producing pink flowers. Codominance is when the two parent phenotypes are expressed together in the offspring.
3.The dominant allele does not mask the recessive allele resulting in a phenotype different from both alleles, i.e., pink color. The incomplete dominance carries genetic importance because it explains the fact of the intermediate existence of phenotype from two different alleles.
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1. Incomplete dominance occurs when neither of two alleles is fully dominant nor recessive towards each other. The alleles are both expressed and the phenotype, or physical trait, is a mixture of the two alleles. In less technical terms, this means that the two possible traits are blended together.
2.Incomplete dominance is when the phenotypes of the two parents blend together to create a new phenotype for their offspring. An example is a white flower and a red flower producing pink flowers. Codominance is when the two parent phenotypes are expressed together in the offspring.
3.The dominant allele does not mask the recessive allele resulting in a phenotype different from both alleles, i.e., pink color. The incomplete dominance carries genetic importance because it explains the fact of the intermediate existence of phenotype from two different alleles.