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Technically, black hair is neither dominant or recessive. There are many types of hair colors, so hair color (like eye or skin color) is polygenic. This means there many different genotypes for an array of phenotypes. In a test I recently took, there was a problem with what you are talking about. It stated: the more dominant alleles you have in a set of 8 or 9 pairs of alleles, the darker the hair color. So if both parents originally have black hair, the child would get the most amount of dominant alleles to get black hair too.
Ex: AABBCCDD and AABBCCDD would give the child AABBCCDD too. This would result in black hair.
(This is very basic. There might be a lot more, but I am not positive)
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∙ 15y agoThe genes controlling human hair colour have not been firmly established. However, judging by the vast predominance of black hair colour in human populations (80 to 90 percent*), it would appear the black hair colour is the original hair colour for homo sapiens and the dominant allele *. Reference: * Tobin DJ. Human hair pigmentation - biological aspects. International Journal of Cosmetic Science 2008;30(4):233-57.
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∙ 13y agoIn animals: It depends on the kind of animal.
In humans: There are many genes that affect traits for skin color; some control the amount of melanin produced, others control where to distribute melanin, and others control the amount in response to sunlight. Overall, human genes for color appear to be either dominate or co-dominate to those that do not code for color.
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∙ 14y agoActually, red hair is an "incomplete dominant".
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∙ 12y agodominant
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Cattle with both white hair and red hair are?
Mendel's principle of dominant and recessive alleles doe not explain why the heterozygous chickens have both red and white hair
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.
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.
Is a red golden retriver dominant or recessive?
In golden retrievers, red is recessive to yellow.
Can a person have bright orange-red hair if they received only one gene for red hair from one parent?
Yes they can, red is often dominant over other hair colors. This isn't right. Red hair is a recessive gene (the most recessive hair color) and you must have two copies of it, one from each parent, in order for one to have red hair. The gene is related to MC1R on chromosome-16. Only about 2% of the population has red hair because it is so recessive and both parents must have this gene.
Is the straight hair dominant?
No, it is recessive.
What dominant and recessive traits do Irish people have?
Only approximately 10 percent of the Irish are redheaded and red hair is a recessive trait.
Cattle with both white hair and red hair are?
Mendel's principle of dominant and recessive alleles doe not explain why the heterozygous chickens have both red and white hair
Is mid-digital hair a recessive or dominant gene?
dominant
Compare and contrast dominant and recessive?
In genetics, each organism will typically have 2 alleles for each trait. For a trait such as hair color, you might have an allele for red hair from your dad and an allele for brown hair from your mom. The trait for brown hair happens to be dominant to the trait for red hair so you would show the allele for brown hair. (In other words, you would have brown hair.)
Can someone give you a List of dominant or recessive personality traits?
1. Shape of face (probably polygenic) Oval dominant, square recessive 2. Cleft in chin No cleft dominant, cleft recessive 3. Hair curl (probably polygenic) Assume incomplete dominance Curly: homozygous Wavy: heterozygous Straight: homozygous 4. Hairline Widow peak dominant, straight hairline recessive 5. Eyebrow size Broad dominant, slender recessive 6. Eyebrow shape Separated dominant, joined recessive 7. Eyelash length Long dominant, short recessive 8. Dimples Dimples dominant, no dimples recessive 9. Earlobes Free lobe dominant, attached recessive 10. Eye shape Almond dominant, round recessive 11. Freckles Freckles dominant, no freckles recessive 12. Tongue rolling Roller dominant, nonroller recessive 13. Tongue folding Inability dominant, ability recessive 14. Finger mid-digital hair Hair dominant, no hair recessive 15. Hitch-hiker's thumb Straight thumb dominant, hitch-hiker thumb recessive 16. Bent little finger Bent dominant, straight recessive 17. Interlaced fingers Left thumb over right dominant, right over left recessive 18. Hair on back of hand Hair dominant, no hair recessive 19. Tendons of Palmar Muscle Two tendons dominant, three tendons recessive
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 the different forms of gene?
Dominant and recessive. When drawing a Punnett Square, a dominant gene is written in uppercase letter meanwhile the recessive one is written in lowercase. Example: H-curly hair h-straight hair Curly hair is dominant straight hair is recessive
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.
Is a red golden retriver dominant or recessive?
In golden retrievers, red is recessive to yellow.
Are cat curly ears dominant or recessive trait?
Dark hair (black or brown) are considered to be dominant genetic traits over lighter colors like blonde and red. This is a very simplified perspective of the genetics of hair color. Hair color is coded by multiple genes, so this is slightly more complex in reality.
What is difference between a dominant trait and a recessive trait?
A recessive trait is a trait that is not shown or expressed physically but is retained within the persons genes, whereas a dominant trait is a trait which opresses the recessive trait and is prodominantly shown or expressed physically. For example it is possible for two red-haired parents, both with recessive dark haired genes, to have a dark haired child. they must both have the recessive gene or the dominant gene of red - hair will be expressed in the child
