Non-Mendelian genetics describes inheritance patterns that differ from simple Mendelian dominant and recessive traits. These include incomplete dominance where the heterozygote expresses a blend of both homozygotes, codominance where both alleles are fully expressed in the heterozygote, multiple alleles where there are more than two allele options, polygenic traits which are influenced by multiple genes, and sex-linked traits which are carried on the X chromosome. Examples are given for each type of non-Mendelian inheritance.