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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 4. Principles of Inheritance and Variation

ABO blood type in man is an example of
A. Pleiotropy
B. Incomplete dominance
C. Co-dominance
D. Multiple allelism
Select the code for the correct answer from the options given below.

  1. A A, B and C only
  2. B A, C and D only
  3. C C and D only
  4. D A, B and D only
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(C) C and D only

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(C) C and D only,
In human blood type AB, allels that determine the A, B, and AB blood types are a good example of co-dominance. In addition to being coded by co-dominant alleles, there are ABO blood types which are coded by more than the two allels - A, B and O. Thus, ABO blood types contain multiple allels.