If the alleles are different, the dominant allele will be expressed, while the effect of the other allele, called recessive, is masked. In the case of a recessive genetic. According to Gregor Johann Mendel, each parent contributes an allele for each gene and the dominant allele is the one that determines what that particular gene will.

Organisms typically have two alleles for a trait. When allele pairs are the same, they are. When the alleles of a pair are, the of one trait may be dominant and the other recessive. The dominant allele is expressed and the recessive allele is masked. This is known as complete. In heterozygous relationships where neither allele is dominant but both are completely expressed, the alleles are considered to be co-dominant. Co-dominance is exemplified in AB inheritance.

When one allele is not completely dominant over the other, the alleles are said to express incomplete dominance. Incomplete dominance is exhibited in pink flower color inheritance from red and white tulips. While most genes exist in two allele forms, some have for a trait. A common example of this in humans is ABO blood type. Human blood type is determined by the presence or absence of certain identifiers, called antigens, on the surface of. Individuals with blood type A have A antigens on blood cell surfaces, those with type B have B antigens, and those with type O have no antigens. ABO blood types exist as three alleles, which are represented as (I A, I B, I O).

These multiple alleles are passed from parent to offspring such that one allele is inherited from each parent. There are four phenotypes (A, B, AB, or O) and six possible for human ABO blood groups.

Main article:In many cases, genotypic interactions between the two alleles at a locus can be described as or, according to which of the two homozygous phenotypes the most resembles. Where the heterozygote is indistinguishable from one of the homozygotes, the allele expressed is the one that leads to the 'dominant' phenotype, and the other allele is said to be 'recessive'. The degree and pattern of dominance varies among loci. This type of interaction was first formally described. However, many traits defy this simple categorization and the phenotypes are modeled by and.The term ' allele is sometimes used to describe an allele that is thought to contribute to the typical phenotypic character as seen in 'wild' populations of organisms, such as fruit flies ( ). Such a 'wild type' allele was historically regarded as leading to a dominant (overpowering - always expressed), common, and normal phenotype, in contrast to ' alleles that lead to recessive, rare, and frequently deleterious phenotypes. It was formerly thought that most individuals were homozygous for the 'wild type' allele at most gene loci, and that any alternative 'mutant' allele was found in homozygous form in a small minority of 'affected' individuals, often as, and more frequently in heterozygous form in ' for the mutant allele.

It is now appreciated that most or all gene loci are highly polymorphic, with multiple alleles, whose frequencies vary from population to population, and that a great deal of genetic variation is hidden in the form of alleles that do not produce obvious phenotypic differences.Multiple alleles. In the, a person with Type A blood displays A-antigens and may have a genotype I AI A or I Ai.

A person with Type B blood displays B-antigens and may have the genotype I BI B or I Bi. A person with Type AB blood displays both A- and B-antigens and has the genotype I AI B and a person with Type O blood, displaying neither antigen, has the genotype ii.A population or of organisms typically includes multiple alleles at each locus among various individuals. Allelic variation at a locus is measurable as the number of alleles present, or the proportion of heterozygotes in the population. A is a gene variant that lacks the gene's normal function because it either is not expressed, or the expressed protein is inactive.For example, at the gene locus for the in humans, classical genetics recognizes three alleles, I A, I B, and i, which determine compatibility of. Any individual has one of six possible (I AI A, I Ai, I BI B, I Bi, I AI B, and ii) which produce one of four possible: 'Type A' (produced by I AI A homozygous and I Ai heterozygous genotypes), 'Type B' (produced by I BI B homozygous and I Bi heterozygous genotypes), 'Type AB' produced by I AI B heterozygous genotype, and 'Type O' produced by ii homozygous genotype. (It is now known that each of the A, B, and O alleles is actually a class of multiple alleles with different DNA sequences that produce proteins with identical properties: more than 70 alleles are known at the ABO locus. Hence an individual with 'Type A' blood may be an AO heterozygote, an AA homozygote, or an AA heterozygote with two different 'A' alleles.)Genotype frequencies.

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