{"id":41714,"date":"2023-08-03T15:05:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/codominance-animals-humans-plants\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T20:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:36:32","slug":"codominance-animals-humans-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/codominance-animals-humans-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Codominance- Definition, Examples in Animals, Humans, Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Codominance is a type of inheritance in which the expression of the two alleles (dominant and recessive) of the same gene results in the appearance of both traits in an individual instead of only one being dominant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concepts of dominance and recessiveness are fundamental to the understanding of Mendelian inheritance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when a gene has multiple alleles<\/a>, not all of the alleles will necessarily follow simple dominance because the gene may contain one or more alleles that are dominant or recessive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In such cases, the concepts of incomplete dominance<\/a> and codominance come forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure: Codominance Examples. Image Source (Left): YassineMrabet<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Codominance occurs when two gene products, such as different transcripts from the two alleles, different proteins from cellular processing of the transcripts, or different metabolites specifically linked to the enzymatic activity of the transcripts or proteins exist in roughly equal amounts at a locus in a heterozygote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the heterozygote displays the traits of both homozygotes, codominance is simply the absence of dominance. As a result, phenotypes associated with heterozygote genotypes differ significantly from those associated with either homozygous genotype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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