HELLO!

I GAUTAM SALUJA
PRESENTING A PPT ON
DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE
TRAIT IN HUMAN’S
 Genetics
GENETICS IS A BRANCH OF BIOLOGY CONCERNED WITH
THE STUDY OF GENES, GENETIC VARIATION, AND
HEREDITY IN ORGANISMS. THOUGH HEREDITY HAD BEEN
OBSERVED FOR MILLENNIA, GREGOR MENDEL, A
SCIENTIST AND AUGUSTINIAN FRIAR WORKING IN THE
19TH CENTURY, WAS THE FIRST TO
STUDY GENETICS SCIENTIFICALLY.
 Sir. Gregor Johann Mendel

GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL WAS A SCIENTIST,

METEOROLOGIST, MATHEMATICIAN, BIOLOGIST,
AUGUSTINIAN FRIAR AND ABBOT OF ST. THOMAS'
ABBEY IN BRNO, MARGRAVIATE OF MORAVIA.
B O R N:   J U L Y 2 0 , 1 8 2 2
D I E D:   J A N U A R Y 6 , 1 8 8 4
KNOWN AS: FATHER OF GENETICS
 Dominant trait (AA)/(Aa)

A DOMINANT TRAIT IS AN INHERITED

CHARACTERISTIC THAT APPEARS IN AN
OFFSPRING IF IT IS CONTRIBUTED FROM
A PARENT THROUGH A 
D OMINANT ALLE LE
IT CAN BE EXPRESSED IN BOTH
HOMOZYGOUS AS WELL IN
HETEROZYGOUS CONDITION
 Recessive trait (aa)

A RECESSIVE TRAIT IS A TRAIT THAT IS

E X P R E S S E D W H E N A N  O R G A N I S M H A S
TWO RECESSIVE ALLELES, OR FORMS OF
A  G E NE
ALWAYS EXPRESSED IN HOMOZYGOUS
CO N D I T I O N
 Incomplete Dominance

O N E A L L E L E I S N O T AL W AY S
CO M P L E T E L Y   D O M I N A N T   O VE R A NO T H E R
A L L E L E . S O M E T I ME S A N I ND I VI D U A L H A S A
PHENOTYPE BETWEEN THE TWO PARENTS
B E C A U S E O NE A L L E L E I S
N O T   D O M I N A N T   O VE R A NO T H E R . T H I S
P A T T E R N O F I NH E R I T A NC E I S C AL L E D
I NC O M P L E T E   D O M IN A N C E .
 Conclusion

I N T H I S P P T WE T A L K E D A BO U T
THE DOMINANT AND
R E C E S S I VE T R A I T S , T H EI R
EXAMPLES AND EXCEPTIONS
I,E INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE