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Principles of Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation3 Marks
Question
With the help of an example differentiate between incomplete dominance and co-dominance.
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Answer

 
Incomplete Dominance
 
Co-Dominance
i.
Effect of one of the two alleles is more conspicuous.
i.
Effect of both the alleles are equally conspicuous.
ii.
It produces a mixture of the expression of two alleles.
ii.
There is no mixing of the effect of the two alleles.
iii.
The $F_1$ do not resemble either of the parents.
iii.
The $F_1$ resembles both the parents.
 
e.g., flower colour in dog flower.
 
e.g., ABO blood grouping in humans.

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