Question Based Discussion 2

Ilma Syifannisa
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 Mendelian Inheritance
• When an organism makes gametes, each
gamete receives just one gene copy, which is
selected randomly. This is known as the law of
segregation.
 Allele?
An allele is a variant form of a gene
 The set of alleles carried by an organism is
known as its genotype. Genotype determines
phenotype, an organism's observable features.
When an organism has two copies of the same
allele (say, YY or yy), it is said to be homozygous
for that gene. If, instead, it has two different
copies (like Yy), we can say it is heterozygous.
 Second Law
• The Law of Independent Assortment states
that alleles for separate traits are passed
independently of one another from parents to
offspring. That is, the biological selection of an
allele for one trait has nothing to do with the
selection of an allele for any other trait.
• Chance of having
purple color
¾ x 100% = 75%
• Chance of having
white color
¼ x 100% = 25%
Polygenic inheritance occurs Incomplete
when one characteristic is dominance
controlled by two or more
genes. Often the genes are
large in quantity but small in
effect.

Non
Polygenic
traits mendelian codominance
inheritance

For example, in certain varieties

Many other genes have multiple
Multiple
alleles, including the human alleles
genes for ABO blood type
of chicken, the allele for black
feathers is codominant with the
allele for white feathers.
Heterozygous chickens have a
color described as "erminette",
speckled with black and white
feathers