PATTERNS OF

INHERITANCE
 Genetics
◦ It is a branch of biology concerned with the study of
genes, genetic variation and heredity in organism.
 Inheritance
◦ A process by which genetic information is passed on
from parents to child.
 Variation
◦ Any difference between cells, individual organisms
or groups of organism of any species.
 Allele
◦ Different form of a gene
INCOMPLETE DOMINACE PATTERN OF
INHERITANCE

◦ INCOMPLETE DOMINACE PATTERN OF INHERITANCE

◦ Non-Mendelian Inheritance- any pattern of inheritance in which traits does not segregate in accordance
with Mendel's laws. The two alleles are neither dominant nor recessive.
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◦ Incomplete Dominance occurs when the phenotype of the offspring is somewhere in between the
phenotypes of both parents; a completely dominant allele does not occur. Neither allele is dominant over
the other. This results in a third phenotype in which the expressed physical trait is a combination of the
dominant and recessive phenotypes.
◦ Genotype- combination of alleles that an individual possesses for a specific gene
◦ Genotypic ratio- the number of times a genotype would appear in the offspring
after a test cross.
◦ Ex: 1RR: 2Rr:1rr.
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◦ Phenotype- organism’s observable characteristics 
◦ Phenotypic ratio pertains to the relative number of offspring manifesting a
particular trait or combination of traits. Ex: (3 pink: 1 red)
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 CODOMINANCE PATTERN OF INHERITANCE

◦ Codominance occurs when both alleles are

expressed equally in the phenotype of the
heterozygote offspring, exhibiting the traits of both
parents.