BIOL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Red Blood Cell, Abo Blood Group System, Mendelian Inheritance

16 views2 pages

Document Summary

Mendelian genetics only apply to simple dominant recessive inheritance: when you have something like incomplete dominance where both alleles are expressed, they don"t follow the mendel ratio. Codominance (blood type in humans: there are 3 possible alleles for blood type, but we can only have 2 at a time. The alleles code for an antigen which is a molecule that sits on the outside of the blood cells: the antigens, either a, b, or o depending on your blood type are made of an oligosaccharide. The a allele adds the a sugar with an enzyme. The b allele adds the b sugar with a slightly di erent version of the same enzyme. Same gene di erent alleles that make di erent versions of the same enzyme. So o is one allele, b is another allele, and a is yet another allele. This is done by them having di erent substrates.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents

Related Questions