A male who is homozygous dominant for hair texture has straight hair. His brother, who is heterozygous for hair texture also has straight hair. This phenotypic similarity is a result of which of the following?
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Correct Answer: C. Complete Dominance
Both of the brothers are phenotypically identical in regards to their hair texture. Genotypically, the two are different, as one is homozygous dominant and the other is heterozygous for hair texture. Despite the genotype differences the brothers are phenotypically similar with their hair texture because the dominant allele is the one being expressed. In both the case of Hh and HH, the presence of the dominant allele results in straight hair. This is due to complete dominance. In incomplete dominance, the heterozygote phenotypically is a hybrid between the two parents (i.e. a red and white flower make a pink flower). Whereas with codominance the heterozygote is phenotypically like both parents, i.e. red and white flower makes white plant with red spots. Law of independent assortment and law of segregation refer to Mendelian genetics, but are not the explanations for the phenotypic similarity between the two genotypes.
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