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Q: Is there only one gene that affects hair color in humans?
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How does a gene affect the traits of himan?

Recessive and dominant genes are the material that carries the traits of human beings. Traits of humans such as eye and hair color are determined by the combination of genes from your parents.


Whats the most popular hair color?

Black because it is a dominate gene.


What color hair is dominant?

black color in hair is a dominant trait. same goes for brown eyes. blonde hair a blue eyes color is the opposite.


What is a dominant genes?

A dominant gene or variant, refers to gene alleles ("variants") that "beat" other (recessive) genes. Meaning that if an individual has both a dominant and a recessive allele for a certain trait, the dominant allele will express itself "over" the recessive one, affecting the phenotype accordingly. A common example, while being a simplification of the actual complexities of the matter, is hair color. Brown hair is dominant over blond hair. A person with blond hair has both genes for that trait recessive, while a person with brown hair can have either both "brown hair color" genes or one "brown hair color" gene plus one "blond hair color" gene.


What traits are controled by a gene with multiple alleles?

Some of the human traits determined by multiple alleles would be hair color, hair texture, eye color, built, physical structures, etc. One notable and most common example of multiple alleles in humans would be of the blood groups.

Related questions

To have blond hair do both of your genes have to be for blond hair?

not necessarily.ok there are two parents each giving the child one gene. if one gene is recessive and one is dominant the dominant gene will decide the hair color. example the recessive gene is black hair and the dominant gene is blonde the child will most likely have blonde hair because the dominant gene is blonde hair. the dominant gene masks the recessive gene


What does it mean when hair color is polygenic?

When hair color is polygenic, it means its color is influenced by more than one gene. Polygenes are nonallelic genes.


What hair color is most common?

Brown because it is a dominant gene


Does hair color affect your skin and scalp?

It affects a little of your scalp like dryness but it affects your hair most not skin just scalp


Can humans change hair color naturally?

no, humans cannot change thier hair colour naturally.


Does the red hair color have to be in the father side for the child to have red hair if the mothers side has that hair gene color?

You've basically answered your own question here. No, the red hair gene needn't be on the fathers side, since the mother already has it. The chances become greater if dad has that gene for the child to have red hair, but if the mothers side has the gene, then there is a 1/4 chance it will have red. If dad has it, then more than likely the child will have red hair.


How does a gene affect the traits of himan?

Recessive and dominant genes are the material that carries the traits of human beings. Traits of humans such as eye and hair color are determined by the combination of genes from your parents.


If your hair is black and you carry the brown hair gene and your mates hair is brown what color hair will your children have?

Hair color genetics are complicated. Your child could actually have any color hair, from blond (less likely) to brown or black (more likely).


Whats the most popular hair color?

Black because it is a dominate gene.


What color hair do humans have?

Differs from person to person.


Why do most people have brown hair?

It's all in the Genes. The dominant color gene allele for hair is brown.


What color hair is dominant?

black color in hair is a dominant trait. same goes for brown eyes. blonde hair a blue eyes color is the opposite.