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Q. Multiple alleles control inheritance of

AIPMTAIPMT 1991Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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ABO blood group system is due to multiple allelism. A gene can have more than two alleles or allelomorphs, which can be expressed by mutation in wild form in more than one ways. These alleles or allelomorphs make a series of multiple alleles. The mode of inheritance in case of multiple alleles is called multiple allelism. A well known and simplest example of multiple allelism is the inheritance of ABO blood groups in human beings. In human population, 3 different alleles for this character are found - IA IB and Io. A person is having only two of these three alleles and blood type can be determined.