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What is it called when a recessive phenotype is selected over the all other phenotypes?
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The physical characteristics of an organism are called its?
Traits
Physical characteristics of organisms are called?
Traits (scientifically known as phenotypes)
What physical appearance of a trait is called the while genetic composition is?
A very simple way to understand the two is this: phenotype is what you see and genotype is what genes are there. Phenotypes are expressed genes and genotypes include recessive genes that are not seen.
Why do we call some alleles dominant?
because it dominates the phenotype
The outward appearance of a particular trait is called?
The outward expression of genetic traits are called phenotypes. Phenotypes expression include recessive and dominant genes such as eye and hair color.
What we call the observable expression of genes present in an organism?
When genes are expressed, the result is called phenotype. What is actually in all the genes (some are recessive) is called the genotype.
Can a recessive gene be hidden from a dominant?
The dominant gene will always "cover up" the recessive gene, although there are instances of codominance, in which both phenotypes will be displayed, because one gene is not completely dominant over the other. There is also what is called 'incomplete dominance', when the actual phenotype is somewhere between the two.
What is it called when replication is messed up?
Mutation occurs, if a mutation is recessive it is not expressed in the phenotype, if however it is dominant when passed on in the offspring it is expressed in the phenotype.
What are inactive alleles?
Inactive alleles (usually called recessive) are not fully expressed in the phenotype of the organism.
What is it called having a dominate and recessive allele?
If an individual has one recessive allele and one dominant allele, they are known as heterozygous. The dominant trait will be expressed.
What is The general term for an allele that masks the presence of another allele in the phenotype?
An allele whose characteristic phenotype is masked by the presence of a second allele is called recessive when used in reference to that second allele.
An allele that is hidden by other alleles is called?
i think the answer your lokking for is recessive Recessive is when you have a trait in your genome but it doesn't show in your physical appearance
