In cases of codominance, the offspring have both alleles expressed at the same time. As both  and  are dominant alleles, the resulting offspring will have blood type .

The ability of a gene to affect an organism is multiple ways is called pleiotropy. During post-transcriptional modification, introns are removed from the mRNA sequence and exons are spliced together to create the desired protein product. By splicing the gene in different ways, different proteins can be produced, which will affect different traits.

Consider the sentence: The man ran on the track, but fell.

By splicing different portions of the sentence, it can take on different meanings: The man ran. The man on the track fell. The man fell. The man ran, but fell.

Where pleiotropic genes affect more than one trait, polygenic traits are affected by multiple genes. Epistatic genes are regulated by the activation of other genes.

An intermediate phenotype is observed in the offspring. This is a classic example of incomplete dominance. Neither allele is dominant over the other, allowing both phenotypes to be expressed simultaneously. A plant expressing both blue and red will appear purple.

Codominance refers to a dominance pattern in which both alleles are dominant, and cannot be expressed simultaneously. Certain regions will express one dominant allele, while other regions will express the other allele. The result is a mottled or spotted appearance.

In incomplete dominance, heterozygotes express an intermediate phenotype. Since neither parent expresses the pink phenotype, we know that plant color follows incomplete dominance since neither red nor white is fully expressed as would be the case with complete dominance; rather they are both incompletely expressed.

Incomplete dominance involves expression of an intermediate phenotype. The heterozygotes express a phenotype that is a blend of both the dominant and recessive phenotypes. One common example is a flower with white petals and a flower with red petals sexually reproduce to create flowers with pink petals. 

Polygenetic inheritance is where multiple genes affect a single trait. Human skin color depends on three sets of alleles: Aa, Bb, and Cc. A cross between two parents with any combination of these three alleles determines skin color; there is no single skin color gene.

During prophase I homologous chromosomes will line up with one another, forming tetrads. During this lining up, DNA sequences can be exchanged between the homologous chromosomes. This type of genetic recombination is called crossing over, and allows the daughter cells of meiosis to be genetically unique from one another.

Crossing over can only occur between homologous chromosomes. Cells become haploid after meiosis I, and can no longer perform crossing over.

Crossing over is a process that happens between homologous chromosomes in order to increase genetic diversity. During crossing over, part of one chromosome is exchanged with another. The result is a hybrid chromosome with a unique pattern of genetic material. Gametes gain the ability to be genetically different from their neighboring gametes after crossing over occurs. This allows for genetic diversity, which will help cells participate in survival of the fittest and evolution.

When chromatids "cross over," homologous chromosomes trade pieces of genetic material, resulting in novel combinations of alleles, though the same genes are still present. Crossing over occurs during prophase I of meiosis before tetrads are aligned along the equator in metaphase I.

By meiosis II, only sister chromatids remain and homologous chromosomes have been moved to separate cells. Recall that the point of crossing over is to increase genetic diversity. If crossing over did not occur until sometime during meiosis II, sister chromatids, which are identical, would be exchanging alleles. Since these chromatids are identical, this swap of material would not actually change the alleles of the chromatids.

During crossing over, homologous chromosomes come together in order to form a tetrad. This close contact allows the nonsister chromatids from homolgous chromosomes to attach to one another and exchange nucleotide sequences. The word "nonsister" implies that the chromatids have the same genes, but are not exact copies of one another, as they come from separate chromosomes.