Non-Mendelian Genetics:

Incomplete Dominance
and Codominance
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What is non-mendelian genetics?

▪ Non-Mendelian genetics are basically any inheritance patterns that

don’t follow one or more laws of Mendelian genetics.
▪ Some traits exhibited a kind of blending, where the offspring of
organisms with two different traits didn’t have one or the other form
from the parents—they had something that was sort of in the middle.
▪ Some traits seemed to be controlled by complex inheritance
patterns.
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

▪ With codominant alleles, both traits are expressed at the

same time. With incomplete dominance, the same thing
occurs—but the traits are blended together just like paint
mixed together, rather than occurring in discrete patches
like the speckled flowers.
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
CODOMINANCE

▪ Codominance is a direct violation of the Law of Dominance.

▪ When the alleles for a particular trait are codominant, they
are both expressed equally rather than a dominant allele
taking complete control over a recessive allele. This means
that when an organism has two different alleles (i.e., is a
heterozygote), it’ll express both at the same time.
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