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Deducing genotypes. IB Biology Jin Young Huh. Pedigree Charts. Shows all the known phenotypes Used to deduce whether a character is caused by a dominant or recessive allele sex linked Deduce genotype of individuals. Pedigree Chart. Taste blindness. Pedigree Chart.
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Deducing genotypes IB Biology Jin Young Huh
Pedigree Charts • Shows all the known phenotypes • Used to deduce whether a character is • caused by a dominant or recessive allele • sex linked • Deduce genotype of individuals
Pedigree Chart Taste blindness
Pedigree Chart • A family pedigree for an X-linked recessive disease • ex) red-green colour blindness • No male to male disease transmission
Test Cross • In a test cross an individual that might be heterozygous is crossed with an individual that is homozygous recessive.
Test Cross Example: Incomplete dominance • One allele for a specific trait is not completely dominant over the other allele • Combined phenotype