4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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With the help of an example, differentiate between incomplete dominance and co dominance.

Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D

Solution

When experiments on peas were repeated using other traits in other plants, it was found that sometimes the $F_1$ had a phenotype that did not resemble either of the two parents and was in between the two

$F_1$ resembled either of the two parents (dominance) or was in-between (incomplete dominance). But, in the case of co-dominance the $F_1$ generation resembles both parents. 

Allele from Parent $1$ Allele from Parent $2$ Genotype of offspring Blood types of offspring
${I^A}$ ${I^A}$ ${I^A}$ ${I^A}$ $A$
${I^A}$ ${I^B}$ ${I^A}$ ${I^B}$ $AB$
${I^A}$ $i$ ${I^A}$ $i$ $A$
${I^B}$ ${I^A}$ ${I^A}$ ${I^B}$ $AB$
${I^B}$ ${I^B}$ ${I^B}$ ${I^B}$ $B$
${I^B}$ $i$ ${I^B}$ $i$ $B$
$i$ $i$ $i$ $i$ $O$
Standard 12
Biology

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