Introduction

Mendel's laws of inheritance, which mainly deal with dominant and recessive features, do not apply to
patterns of inheritance under the category of non-Mendelian genetics. A non-Mendelian inheritance pattern known
as incomplete dominance occurs when the heterozygous phenotype combines elements of the two homozygous
phenotypes. To put it another way, the heterozygous individual has an unique phenotype because neither allele is
totally dominant or recessive. Despite that this complicates genetic inheritance, it is crucial to understand this
process in order to fully understand the diversity of genetic traits of living things.

In this activity, using the non Mendelian genetics, we tried to predict the possible color if we mixed different
colored leaves. This can help explain incomplete dominance and how it affects traits. Besides simple dominant and
recessive features, the blending of hues and variety in phenotypes that result from these combinations can offer
important insights into the complexity of genetic inheritance.

Objectives
 To understand the pattern of inheritance that does not follow Mendel’s Law.
 To understand the importance of NON MENDELIAN GENETICS.
 To appreciate how genes are passed on.

Materials
1. Leaves with different colors
2. A pen and a paper

Procedure
1. Find and gather leaves with different colors
2. With a pen and paper, draw a (2x2) Punnett squares.
Punnett Square – is a square diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a certain cross or breeding
experiment.
3. Do the process of non Mendelian genetics for every two leaves with different colors that you desire to mix in
a Punnett square.
Data
Green x Orange = Brown
P G o =Gxo

F1 = oG oG
G GG oG
F2 = GG | oG | oG | oo
o oG oo Ratio = 1 : 2 : 1 OBSERVATIONS

Based on the data, the

Magenta x Pink = Electric Magenta
phenotypes are something in
P M p =Mxp between of the presented color
F1 = pM pM of two different leaf. It is the
M MM pM brown, electric magenta, peach,
F2 = MM | pM | pM | pp
red, and another brown. Even
p pM pp Ratio = 1 : 2 : 1 though there are dominant traits
in the Punnett squares, only the
mixture of the colors are being
shown, unlike what happens in
the Mendelian genetics. Where
Orange x Coral Pink = Peach the dominant traits will be
P =Oxc shown.
O c
F1 = cO cO
O OO cO
F2 = OO | cO| cO | cc
c cO cc Ratio = 1 : 2 : 1 CONLUSION

Magenta x Orange = Red Base on the data and the title of

this activity which is “Incomplete
P=Mxo
M o Dominance”, I concluded that
F1 = oM oM when it comes to Non
M MM oM
Mendelian Genetics, the
F2 = MM | oM | oM | oo
dominant allele is not
o oM oo Ratio = 1 : 2 : 1 completely express when
recessive allele is around.
Therefore, resulting to a mixed
color. So instead of a
homozygous where an individual
Yellow Green x Red = Brown
inherits the same gene from
Y r P=Yxr each parent, in this
F1 = rY rY
phenomenon heterozygous are
Y YY rY produce. It is where an
F2 = YY | rY | rY | rr individual inherits different gene
r rY rr Ratio = 1 : 2 : 1 from each parent, where both
allele are neither a totally
dominant or recessive.