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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
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Which of the following conditions represents a case of co-dominant genes?

  • A gene expresses itself, suppressing the phenotypic effect of its alleles

  • Genes that are similar in phenotypic effect when present separately, but when together interact to produce a different trait

  • Alleles, both of which interact to produce a trait, which may or may not resemble either of the parental types

  • Alleles, each of which produces an independent effect in a heterozygous condition

Solution

D.

Alleles, each of which produces an independent effect in a heterozygous condition

Co-dominance is the phenomenon when the two genes neither show dominant-recessive relationship nor show intermediate condition, but both of them express themselves simultaneously. Eg, Patches of two different colours on the skin.