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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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoA capital letter, example, Ff, F would be the dominant letter. Also, in Nn, N will be the dominant letter because its capital and dominant
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∙ 12y agothe difference between a dominant allele and a recessive allele is that dominant is written in capital letters while a recessive allele is written in small letters
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∙ 11y agouppercase letters
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How do dominant alleles recessive alleles differs?
Dominant alleles are the ones that show up in the phenotype. Recessive alleles do not unless both alleles are recessive, but can be passed on. For example: Tt , T=tall and t=short. Tall is dominant and short is recessive. You are tall and can pass on the short gene. Or, you can use black hair being dominant over red. Or, brown eyes being dominant over blue. Dominant can be seen on you and recessive can't.
In what alleles can be observed in the phenotype?
you mean phenotype, and its dominant alleles
What type of alleles are present in an organism?
Capital letters usually denote dominant alleles. Therefore QQ genotype would contain two dominant alleles for the Q genotype.
Are organisms with alleles BB recessive or dominant?
An organism with the alleles BB would be homozygous dominant.
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.
A genetics tool that uses letters to represent dominant and recessive alleles?
A punnet square uses letters to represent dominant and recessive alleles.
Are alleles recessive?
Alleles can be either dominant or recessive. They can be identical or different for any given gene in a somatic cell, and can represent alternative forms of a gene.
What letters are given in genetics to represent the dominate allele?
capital letters, such as PP equals two dominant alleles, pp equals two recessive alleles.
How do dominant alleles recessive alleles differs?
Dominant alleles are the ones that show up in the phenotype. Recessive alleles do not unless both alleles are recessive, but can be passed on. For example: Tt , T=tall and t=short. Tall is dominant and short is recessive. You are tall and can pass on the short gene. Or, you can use black hair being dominant over red. Or, brown eyes being dominant over blue. Dominant can be seen on you and recessive can't.
How are co dominant alleles expressed?
co dominant alleles are expressed as IA
In what alleles can be observed in the phenotype?
you mean phenotype, and its dominant alleles
What type of alleles mask recessive alleles?
Dominant alleles :-)
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.
When a plant inherits two dominant alleles it looks like what?
wha- dominant? alleles?
What can be dominant or recessive?
Alleles can be dominant or recessive
What type of alleles are present in an organism?
Capital letters usually denote dominant alleles. Therefore QQ genotype would contain two dominant alleles for the Q genotype.
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.
