Non-Mendelian Genetics Review

Incomplete Dominance
Describe the relationship between genotype and phenotype Provide an example of the phenotypic ratio
when a trait is determined by incomplete dominance.
expected with incomplete dominance.

Create and solve a question that includes incomplete dominance.

Co-dominance
Describe the relationship between genotype and phenotype Provide an example of the phenotypic ratio
when a trait is determined by co-dominance.
expected with co-dominance.

Create and solve a question that includes co-dominance.

Multiple Alleles
Describe the inheritance of traits that are determined by multiple alleles.

Fill in the table below using what you know about the inheritance of ABO blood types.
Include all possible genotypes.

Mother

Genotypes
Father

A A

I I

I i

IA IB

ii

Child

IB i

ii
ii

ii

Lethal Genes
Describe the relationship between genotype and phenotype Provide an example of possible phenotypes from a
when a trait is influenced by potentially lethal alleles.
heterozygous cross of two carriers of the lethal
allele. Include a small Punnett square to help
describe your answer.

Why are potentially lethal alleles never completely eliminated from the population over time?

Polygenic Traits
Describe what a polygenic trait is and how that relates to
the range of phenotypes observed with these traits.

Provide an example of three traits that are

determined polygenically.

Epistasis
Describe the difference between modifying and masking epistasis.

Answer the following questions using what you know about polygenic traits and epistasis.
Gene A is epistatic to Gene B during dominant modifying epistasis.
List all of the genotypes where an epistatic change in the phenotype would occur.

Gene R is epistatic to Gene Q during recessive masking epistasis.

List all the genotypes where the normal phenotype of Gene Q would be expressed.