Clarification Genes are not recessive or dominant Alleles of genes are not recessive or dominant The proteins made by alleles of genes are not recessive or dominant You cannot tell if a trait is recessive or dominant based on the genes that affect it or the alleles in a population ID: 366404
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Dominant/Recessive
Clarification:
Genes
are not recessive or dominant.
Alleles
of genes are not recessive or dominant.
The
proteins made by alleles of genes
are not recessive or dominant.
You cannot tell if a trait is recessive or dominant based on the genes that affect it or the alleles in a population.Slide2
Recessive
Recessive traits are just traits caused by an allele that
can be masked or hidden
.
Recessive traits are
only visible
in an organism if the organism
is homozygous
for the allele that causes the trait.
Recessive traits are frequently less common in a population...but not always!Slide3
Dominant Traits
Dominant traits are usually more visible in an organism, even if the organism is heterozygous and only has one allele that causes that trait.
Dominant traits are typically not masked or hidden.
Dominant traits can be caused by heterozygous or homozygous sets of alleles.Slide4
Test
If a trait
can disappear and reappear
from generation to generation in a population, then IT IS RECESSIVE.
This is the ONLY WAY TO TELL FOR SURE.
Example: Sometimes brown eyed parents can have a blue eyed child. Since the child has a trait not visible in the parents, that trait (blue eyes) is recessive.Slide5
Incomplete Dominance
This is when:
an allele for a gene causes a visible effect or trait in an organism that is visible…
While a different allele that causes a different effect is also visible…
Causing the organism to have a mix or blend of the two traits.Slide6
Incomplete Dominance
So if there is a
dominant trait of redness
…
And a
dominant trait of whiteness
…
Together they will create an
incompletely dominant trait of pinkness
.Slide7
Once again…
You cannot tell if a trait is dominant or recessive or incompletely dominant just by looking at the trait or allele or gene.
It is the pattern of inheritance in a population that let us know if a trait is recessive.Slide8
Quiz 1
Construct a Punnett
Square
for a cross between a homozygous recessive individual and a heterozygous individual.Slide9
This is an allele for a gene that contributes to petal color. This particular allele encodes the information to build a protein that makes a red pigment.
R
This is an allele for a gene that contributes to petal color. This particular allele encodes the information to build a protein that makes a blue pigment.
B
This is an allele for a gene that contributes to petal color. This particular allele encodes the information to build a non-functioning protein that does nothing.
r