Question

The Gajasimha in Indian mythology is a magical creature with the body of a lion and head of an elephant. A cross between a blue female Gajasimha and a white male Gajasimha produces offspring that has blue and white fur. The color of a Gajasimha is determined by two alleles, HB for blue and HW for white.
What type of inheritance is this an example of?

Answer 1

Answer:

co-dominance inheritance

Explanation:

The type of inheritance would be co-dominance inheritance.

In co-dominance inheritance, the two alleles representing a gene exert equal effects on each other. Neither of the two alleles is recessive and both contribute equally to the physical expression of the gene.

Co-dominance inheritance is quite unique from dominant/recessive inheritance. For dominant/recessive inheritance, one allele (the dominant allele) suppresses the expression of the other allele (the recessive allele).

In this case, the two alleles, HB and HW, that represent the alleles for blue and white fur colors respectively both contribute equally to the physical manifestation of the gene when they are together.

HB HB will result in blue fur.

HW HW will result in white fur.

HB HW will result in blue and white fur in equal proportion.