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Albinism is a recessive trait which will result in a lack of pigmentation in the skin eyes and hair. It occurs about 1 in every 17,000 people in the U.S.
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What does reccesive trait mean?
A recessive trait is one that will only be expressed when in the presence of two recessive alleles.
In a hybrid individual the trait that is covered and not exspresed is called what?
dominat
Is albinism autosomal?
Albinism is a recessive, autosomal trait. So no, it is not sex-linked.
What is a kind of trait that seemed tio vanish in the offspring produced in mendels first experiment?
reccesive
Is speed a dominat trait?
Motion is a fundamental property of the universe, nothing is at absolute rest.
How does a person inherit albinism?
Normally both parents have to have the recessive gene for the particular trait that causes complete or partial albinism. Therefore it will appear more frequently in families with a history of albinism.
Can exposure to ideal environmental conditions like light and nutrients reverse the genetic trait Albinism?
No, albinism is an irreversible condition.
Albinism is a recessive trait in humans that is controlled by a single gene how many recessive alleles must a person have to have albinism?
2
Is albinism a recessive trait or dominant?
Recessive. The trait will only show up if both parents have the gene recessively (aa). If the genetic make up is Aa or AA, there will be melanin production, meaning albinism is an aa gene only. Albinism is a recessive allele.
Is heterozygeous dominant or reccesive?
Heterozygous means that it carries both dominant and recessive traits (as opposed to homozygous which carries only one) - the dominant trait is the one which is expressed (phenotype). A heterozygous trait can be expressed as Rr - "R" the dominant trait and "r" the recessive trait.
Can sickle cell trait skip generations?
yes it can skip a generation, since it is a Mendel inheritance. and it is a reccesive trait. therefore offspring's can have two unaffected parents but chances are both parents might be carriers
What is a condition that is shown only when two recessive alleles are present?
Recessive trait...
