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What does an expressed gene do?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 11/6/2021

a cell produces only the proteins it needs.

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Alberto Hoeger

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3y ago

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Is an expressed gene turned off?

No. If a gene is expressed, it is turned on.


Which parts of a gene are expressed as protein?

Coding sequences of a gene are expressed as protein


An expressed gene is one that what?

a gene being expressed means it is shown, for example if you have the gene for brown eyes and the gene for blue eyes, only one can be expressed. if you have brown eyes that gene is expressed, if not the blue-eye gene is expressed.


What does it mean for a gene to be off?

How is a gene not expressed


What gene that is always expressed and will produce a trait?

The gene that is always expressed and will produces a trait is a genetic statistic. This statistic is what is created when the gene is dominant.


A gene that is not expressed in the heterozygous condition is called?

A recessive gene.


What is the physical trait that gets expressed by a gene pair?

the dominant gene


What is the gene that is not expressed due to the influence of a dominant gene called?

Purebred


What does it mean when we say that a gene is expressed?

When we say that a gene is expressed, it means that the information encoded in the gene is used by the cell to make a specific protein or functional RNA molecule. This process is known as gene expression.


Will a A trait controlled by a dominant gene be expressed even if the instructions of the corresponding gene in the other half of the pair are different?

Yes, if a trait is controlled by a dominant gene, it will be expressed regardless of the instructions of the corresponding gene in the other half of the pair. Dominant genes only require one copy to be expressed in the phenotype.


What is a reccesive gene?

A recessive gene is a gene that is only expressed if an individual has two copies of it, one inherited from each parent. In the presence of another dominant gene, the recessive gene's trait is not expressed.


Traits on a gene are expressed by?

C. Alleles