Incomplete Dominance:

Neither form of the gene (allele) is completely

Incomplete Dominance DOMINANT or RECESSIVE.

No LOWER-CASE letters are used.

Heterozygous individuals show a BLEND of
the two traits.

There are THREE possible phenotypes, not
just two.

Incomplete dominance Incomplete dominance

The heterozygous condition will result in an offspring
An alternate notation for incomplete
that is not exactly like either of the parents, but
rather, a mixture. dominance is by using symbols such as those

For example, some plants are capable of having red, shown below.
white, or pink flowers.

The red and white alleles mix to produce the pink

Red = RR
flowers when one of each allele is present.
White = R’R’

Because there is not a recessive allele, both alleles
Pink = RR’
are represented by capital letters.

Example = Flower color
Red=CRCR

Red = RR

White=CWCW

Pink = RW

White = WW
Pink=CRCW

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An incomplete dominance example: below.

Assume that fur color in rabbits is controlled
by a gene that shows incomplete dominance.
Rabbits can either be brown, tan, or white.
Write the genotypes for each color below.

Brown: __BB__

Tan: __BW___

White: __WW_

Cross two tan rabbits.

Cross a brown and a white rabbit.

Cross a white and a tan rabbit.

Cross a brown and a tan rabbit.

Cross two brown rabbits.

Cross two white rabbits.

Cross 2 tan rabbits:

BW x BW

Genotype Ratio:

25%BB: 50% BW: 25% WW

Phenotype Ratio:

25% brown: 50% tan: 25% white