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AB blood group shows
BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationJIPMERJIPMER 2018
Options:
  • A codominance
  • B incomplete dominance
  • C polygenic inheritance
  • D pleiotropy
Solution:
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The correct answer is: codominance
In humans, AB blood group shows codominance. Here, allele $\mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{A}}$ for A-type blood is codominant with allele $\mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{B}}$ for B-type blood. In heterozygotes, $\mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{A}} \mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{B}}$ expresses the characteristics of both A and B antigens, i.e. $\mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{A}} \mathrm{I}^{\mathrm{B}}$ possess RBCs that carry both A and B antigens at their surface.

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