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Are dominant traits more likely to be inheritd then recessive traits?
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∙ 16y ago
Yes. When looking at Gregor Mendel's laws of inheritance, the Dominant allele will always be inherited by the offspring, as it is more potent than the 'weaker' recessive allele (unless the recessive allele is present in both parents; this can be in the form of Aa or aa, but it must be present in both for the recessive allele to be present in the offspring). There are other cases, though, such as co-dominance, in which recessive alleles are more likely to be present in the offspring, but speaking in general terms, it is the Dominant (ex. AA / Aa) alleles that show up more commonly in offspring than the recessive (ex. aa) alleles.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoNot always. Your father's DNA may code for a dominant gene to not be friendly to people and your mother's DNA may code for a recessive gene to be a very nice person. Recessive and dominant genes distinguish the likelihood of an offspring getting a certain characteristic. Dominant means: more likely and recessive means: less likely.
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∙ 14y agoDominant does not necessarily mean better compared to recessive. For example, polydactyly, an autosomal dominant disorder, is when the person has 6 fingers on one or both hands. Another example would be achondroplasia, which is a genetic disorder where the cartilage of the body turns into bones.
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∙ 13y agoNo they have the same chance of being passed down, however in a heterozygouse couple the chance that the child will have the dominant gene is 3 in 4 (Bb, BB or bB will result in dominant phenotype), whilst the chance of the recessive gene is 1/4 (bb only)
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What are alleles and what are the two forms?
They are traits that are passed on from parent to offspring. There are also two types of alleles; Dominant and recessive.
How are dominant and recessive traits represented?
Autosomal recessive alleles ( both males and females) and X-linked alleles in females always express themselves in homozygous condition. On other hand, X -chromosome linked recessive allele express singly in males.
Explain how the inheritance of traits is controlled in organisms?
The inheritance of traits is controlled in organisms by genes. These genes come from either one or two parents. The alleles determine what traits are dominant or recessive in the new organism.
Traits determined by recessive genes located on the x chromosomes are said to be?
Some traits are determined by recessive genes on the X chromosomes. Many times these are genetic disorders and are called recessive genes.
What is an autosomal dominant trait?
When the gene is dominant and the traits are autosomal.
What is the difference dominant and recessive trait?
Dominant traits are the traits that mask the recessive traits. The dominant traits are stronger than recessive!
What are the 2 types of traits?
The two types of traits are acquired traits, which are characteristics that are developed during an individual's lifetime, and inherited traits, which are passed down from parents through their genetic material.
How are dominant and recessive genes related?
Dominate them. Recessive alleles do not show in your phenotype unless you have two of the same recessive allele. But if you inherit one dominant and one recessive, it is the dominant that always shows in your phenotype.
What does the word dominant mean in genetics?
The dominant overpowers the recessive traits. The dominant trait is the trait the the offspring will most likely have.
What do organisms pass to their offspring?
They pass on traits. There are recessive traits and dominant traits. The dominant trait is normally the one that overpowers recessive
What genes are recessive traits?
These traits are called dominant traits. They will overcome the recessive gene and the dominant trait will be expressed. A recessive gene needs two alleles present in its genotype to be expressed.
What is the difference between homzyguos and heterozyous?
Homozygous recessive: is when the genes are both recessive Homozygous dominant: is when the genes are both dominant (traits show) Heterozygous dominant: is when one gene is dominant and one is recessive (traits show) Heterozygous recessive: is the same as heterozygous dominant but the dominant genes are inactive
Dominant and recessive traits?
A dominant trait is a genetic trait which may cause a hereditary condition, a recessive trait disappears or goes in the background and only shows in a few generations.
What are the type of traits?
I think it is Dominant and recessive.
What did Mendel call the observed trait and the trait that seemed to disappear?
he called the observed traits dominant and the disapear traits recessive.
Mendel accounted for the observation that traits which had disappeared in the F1 generation reappeared in the F2 generation by proposing that?
C) traits can be dominant or recessive, and the recessive traits were obscured by the dominant ones in the F1
In the F2 generation in Mendel's experiment's the ratio of dominant to recessive traits was?
3:1 homozygous dominant, heterozygous dominant, heterozygous dominant and homozygous recessive.
