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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INCOMPLETE DOMWANCE AND CO-ODOMINANCE ? GIVE EXAMPLES OF THE BOTH INCOMPLETE AND
CO-ODOMINACE. USE THE PUNNET SQUARE TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER​

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Incomplete dominance is when one allele is not entirely dominant over the other, resulting in an intermediate phenotype. Example could be in flower colour. F is the allele for red flowers, f is the allele for white flowers. Let's cross a red flower (FF) with a white flower (ff):

F F

f Ff Ff

f Ff Ff

100% of the offspring are Ff. F is in completely dominant to f, so all the offspring have an intermediate phenotype - all the flowers are pink.

Co-dominance is when neither allele is dominant and both alleles are expressed equally. An example is in human blood types. A and B alleles are both dominant to the O allele, but co-dominant to each other. Therefore, if an individual who is AO has children with an individual who is BO:

A O

B AB BO

O AO OO

The individual would either be blood type O (OO), blood type A (AO), blood type B (BO) or blood type AB (AB)

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