Incomplete

Dominance
Vivian R. Smith
E. B. Aycock Middle
School

Incomplete
Dominance
A form
of
intermediate
inheritance in which
heterozygous alleles
are both expressed,
resulting in a
combined phenotype.

An incomplete dominance
example, both the
instructions for make
red and the instructions
for make white are

Example
A RED Four-o-Clock
flower and a WHITE FourO-Clock flower are cross
pollinated. What are the
possible offsprings?

Red

White

Four-OClock

Four-OClock

RR

WW

Genotypes
Red

RW

RW

RR
White

RW

RW

WW
Pink
RW

100% of the offspring

Pink Four-O-Clock flower

Sickle Cell Example

Red Blood Cells

Normal Cells

Sickle Cells

Disc shaped
Soft and jelly like
Can move easily
through the blood
vessels
Lasts 120 days

Sickle-shaped
Hard
Can not easily move through
blood vessels. Clogs the
vessels and can stop blood
flow.
Lasts 60 days, which causes
a lack of hemoglobin and
oxygen
Affects mainly people of
African, Mediterranean,
India, Middle East decent

Blood Cells and

Genetics

Normal Cells: NN

Normal cells, disc shaped

Sickle Cell Trait: NS

Carries the gene for sickle cell but
does not show signs

Sickle Cell Disease: SS

Has Sickle Cell Anemia and suffers
from complications

Example 1
N

NS

NS

NS

NS

Do the
offsprings
have
Sickle
Cell
Disease?

Example 2
N

NN

NS

NS

SS

What
percentage
of the
offsprings
have
Sickle Cell
Disease?

Resources

Red Four-O-Clock
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/927/703437.JPG
White Four-O-Clock
http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/whites/white75.html
Pink Four-O-Clock
http://davie.tv/DavTV/images/2006/4oClock.JPG
Sickle Cell
http://www.thirdage.com/healthgate/Images/si55551158.jpg
http://www.defiers.com/scd.html