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When a plant has Two recessive alleles for wrinkled seeds how would you write the symbols for its alleles?
well it depends on the letters that you are given, recessive alleles are ALWAYS lower case.An example answer would be: ss, where s would represent the recessive allele.
What do we use to represent dominant alleles?
generally capital letters are used to describe dominant alleles and recessive are indicated by lowercase. for example brown eyes might be B and green eyes would be b. the letter used could be anything and isn't relavent to the gene.
How dominant and recessive alleles are represented in a Punnett Square?
Dominant alleles are written in upper case (i.e, 'A'), while recessive alleles are lower case (i.e, 'a')
How do you express sex linked genes?
Let's take red-green color vision as an example. You could use the letter n to represent the dominant and recessive alleles. You could use a capital letter N to represent the normal allele, which is dominant, and a lowercase letter n to represent the defective allele, which is recessive. The genotypes for the sex-linked trait would be as follows: female, homozygous dominant: XNXN; female, heterozygous: XNXn; male dominant, XNY; male recessive, XnY.
What letters represent the alleles?
Dominant AllelesUsually dominant alleles are represented as capital letters, whereas recessive alleles are represented by the lowercase letter. Presumably, the capital letter will help you remember which is which -- dominant correlates with capital. However, you can assign alleles whatever letter, number, or symbol you want - as long as it produces the same genotype and phenotype ratio. The symbols/letters that are created for Punnett Squares or another process are purely for organizational purposes. Think of it this way: if you have a heterozygous organism that mates with a homozygous organism of the same species, how will you find the genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring? Well, you certainly aren't going to figure it out abstractly in your head. Assigning letters to dominant/recessive alleles is just to keep track of where the alleles are possibly going and the results. If you want the dominant allele to be "R" and the recessive allele to be "r", then that's perfectly acceptable. And if you want to represent the dominant allele with a Batman symbol and the recessive allele with a radioactive symbol, then that's fine too... as long as you know that the Batman symbol represents the dominant allele and the radioactive allele the recessive.
How are dominant and recessive alleles are represented in a punnet square?
Dominant alleles are shown by a capital letter and recessive alleles are lowercase letters.
How are Dominant and recessive alleles are represented in Punnet Square?
Dominant alleles are shown by a capital letter and recessive alleles are lowercase letters.
How dominant and recessive are represented in a punnet square?
Dominant alleles are shown by a capital letter and recessive alleles are lowercase letters.
How do you represent alleles?
Alleles are represented as: Gg Where G is the dominant trait and g is the recessive trait Therefore, homozygous dominant would be: GG Homozygous recessive would be: gg and heterozygous would be Gg
What do the letters represent in punnett square crosses?
The letters represent the alleles, or variations, of a given trait. So for example T might represent tall and t represents short. The capital letter always corresponds to the dominant trait and the lowercase letter corresponds to the recessive trait.
When a plant has Two recessive alleles for wrinkled seeds how would you write the symbols for its alleles?
well it depends on the letters that you are given, recessive alleles are ALWAYS lower case.An example answer would be: ss, where s would represent the recessive allele.
How is a dominant trait represented in a punnett square?
Dominant alleles are written in upper case (i.e, 'A'), while recessive alleles are lower case (i.e, 'a')
What do we use to represent dominant alleles?
generally capital letters are used to describe dominant alleles and recessive are indicated by lowercase. for example brown eyes might be B and green eyes would be b. the letter used could be anything and isn't relavent to the gene.
When a plant has two dominate alleles for tall stems its alleles are written as what?
(T,T) if t is the letter used for that allele capital letters are used for dominant alleles and lowercase is for recessive.
When a plant has two dominant alleles for tall stems it's alleles are written as?
(T,T) if t is the letter used for that allele capital letters are used for dominant alleles and lowercase is for recessive.
How dominant and recessive alleles are represented in a Punnett Square?
Dominant alleles are written in upper case (i.e, 'A'), while recessive alleles are lower case (i.e, 'a')
How do you express sex linked genes?
Let's take red-green color vision as an example. You could use the letter n to represent the dominant and recessive alleles. You could use a capital letter N to represent the normal allele, which is dominant, and a lowercase letter n to represent the defective allele, which is recessive. The genotypes for the sex-linked trait would be as follows: female, homozygous dominant: XNXN; female, heterozygous: XNXn; male dominant, XNY; male recessive, XnY.
