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Dominant and Recessive refer to different types of genes a child gains from its parents. In general, a dominant gene overpowers a recessive gene (like more people have brown eyes than blue eyes), but there are some cases where recessive genes are visible on a child over the dominant gene.
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∙ 13y agoDominant and Recessive refer to different types of genes a child gains from its parents. In general, a dominant gene overpowers a recessive gene (like more people have brown eyes than blue eyes), but there are some cases where recessive genes are visible on a child over the dominant gene.
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∙ 14y agoEvery animal cell has pairs of chromosomes, with only the sex chromosomes only partly being paired.
Traits are based on the genes.
Dominant genes only need one to be present for the trait to be expressed.
For a recessive gene to express a trait, a dominant gene can not be present. I.E. two recessive genes must be present.
If two parents both express the same recessive gene, then the offspring will also express that recessive gene.
If two parents express the same dominant gene, then if both parents have 1 dominant and 1 recessive gene, then there is a 25% chance that the offspring will not get the trait, and a 25% chance that they will have both dominant genes.
It becomes more interesting with rare recessive traits as a person may be a carrier with no family history and never know it. And, if two parents happen to be the carrier, then 1/4 of the children will get 2 of the rare recessive genes and might get a disease.
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Is arm folding left over right a dominate trait or recessive?
recessive
What will always hide a recessive trait?
A dominate trait
Are tight eyelids a dominate or recessive trait?
It depends on the "lenght" of your eyelashes. If you have long eyelashes than it is dominant. If you have short eyelashes than it is recessive.
If the sickle cell trait were a dominant trait rather than a recessive one could it still be balanced polymorphism?
the polymorphism is only balanced when the dominate trait is recessive in the cell which came from the daughter cell after division, hence the dominate characteristics.
Why are recessive alleles not always expressed as the phenotype?
recessive alleles get masked to show the difference in a dominant gene and a recessive gene. the dominate genes masks the recessive genes to show that the dominate gene is more dominate or more likely to be the outcome than the reccessive gene but the masked gene is not always recessive.
What does recessive mean in genetic term?
Recessive is the opposite of dominate, not as powerful of an influence on whether or not it will become the chosen trait on a punnett square.
Is the gene for a miniature breed of dog dominate or recessive?
recessive
How do i know if it is dominate or recessive because people are saying its dominate and others say its recessive?
A google search will probably answer your question.
Is arm folding left over right a dominate trait or recessive?
recessive
When nither of the alleles is dominate or recessive is it codminance.?
yes
What is the genotype for homozygous recessive?
yes, also dominate
What will always hide a recessive trait?
A dominate trait
Would a mutation be a dominate or a recessive trait?
A mutation can be either recessive or dominant depending on what trait it is.
How is codominance difference from dominant and recessive relationship?
Codominance is when 2 dominate genes appear in the phenotype of an organism. (some one else can tell you what dominate and recessive genes are)
Are alleles dominant or recessive?
Alleles are neither entirely recessive nor entirely dominate. An allele is any one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene on a chromosome.For example: say a flower only blooms either red or white flowers. There is a different allele for each color-- a red allele and a white allele. Now, one color may be dominate over the other recessive gene. For example, if the red color was dominate and the white color was recessive, then those certain alleles would be dominate and recessive, respectively. But alleles in general cannot be either recessive or dominate. It depends on the gene and it depends on the trait.
Is tourette syndrome dominate or recessive?
semi-dominant--semi-recessive
Are tight eyelids a dominate or recessive trait?
It depends on the "lenght" of your eyelashes. If you have long eyelashes than it is dominant. If you have short eyelashes than it is recessive.
