If the gene for a trait has two alleles, one dominant (D) and one recessive (d) there are three possible combinations in the genotype:
DD (homozygous dominant)
Dd (heterozygous)
dd (homozygous recessive)
new combinations of alleles
Crossing over and random alignment of chromosomes
recessive + recessive or tt
Recombination
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new combinations of alleles
new combinations of alleles
The three alleles are A, B, and O
Novel combinations of alleles arise in prophase I and metaphase I.
The new combination of alleles produced by crossover events help to generate genetic diversity. This is because the offspring are different from the parents.
Crossing over and random alignment of chromosomes
A gene can have multiple forms, which are called Alleles. While a single gene may code for a trait in an organism, when multiple alleles exist for that gene, each different may produce a different character of that trait. For example, a person has two copies of the gene that codes for ABO blood type. There are three different alleles for this gene, A, B and O. This results in six different combinations of the alleles that the person can have (the genotype), which in turn results in four expressions of the gene in the person (called the phenotype), which is the blood type of the person.
Brothers and sisters are not identical because they have different combinations of alleles.
recessive + recessive or tt
6 different combinations can be made with 3 items
Recombination
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