2. Non-Mendelian
Inheritance
It is a term used to refer to any
pattern of inheritance in which traits
do not segregate in accordance
with Mendel’s Laws
3. Incomplete Dominance
A form of intermediate inheritance
in which one allele for a specific
trait is not completely dominant
over the other allele.
This results in a combined
phenotype
4.
5. Co-Dominance
A cross between organisms with
two different phenotypes produces
offspring with a third phenotype in
which both of the parental traits
appear together.
6. Multiple Alleles
Involves more than just the typical
two alleles that usually code for a
certain characteristic in a species
7. Maternal Effect
A situation where the phenotype of
an organism is determined not only
by the environment it experiences
and its genotype, but also by the
environment and genotype of its
mother
Occurs when an organism shows
the phenotype expected from the
genotype of the mother
8. Paternal Effect
A phenotype results from the
genotype of the father
The genes responsible for these
effects are components
of sperm that are involved
in fertilization and early
development.
9. Epigenetic Inheritance
Modification occurs to a nuclear
gene or chromosome.
This occurs during
spermatogenesis, oogenesis, and
early stages of embryogenesis
10.
11. Gene Conversion
One of the major forms of Non-
Mendelian Inheritance
It is a reparation process in DNA
recombination, by which a piece of
DNA sequence information is
transferred from one DNA helix
(which remains unchanged) to
another DNA helix, whose
sequence is altered.
