Genotype Phenotype
Problems:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Incomplete dominance (snapdragons)
· One gene, two alleles, three phenotypes
· Genotypic ratios equal phenotypic ratios
 
2. Co-dominance (sickle cell anemia)
· Analysis of proteins by gel electrophoresis
· Genotype determination from protein patterns
· Homozygosity versus heterozygosity
· Screens for heterozygosity
· Paternity testing
 
3. Multiple alleles (ABO blood types)
· Two gene hypothesis versus one gene multiple alleles
· Genotype determination
 
4. Multiple alleles (hypothetical birds)
· Multiple genes versus multiple alleles
· Allelic series
· Genotypes from phenotypic ratios
 
5. Two traits, three genes, incomplete dominance and epistasis
· Breakdown of complex data
· Phenotypic ratios to predict number of genes and relationships between genes
 
6. Epistasis (Bombay phenotype, humans)
· Genotypes
· Discrepancy in pedigrees
· Epistatic gene
· Southern analysis
 
7. Homozygous lethality (Curled ear in cats)
· Spontaneous dominant mutation
· Homozygous dominant never found
· 2:1 ratios
· Achondroplasia (human example)