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A sentence for the word dominant?

Some traits are dominant and others are receptive. The gene for blue eyes is recessive and the gene for brown eyes is dominant.


When one gene expresses itself over another the former gene is said to be the DNA?

The gene that expresses itself over the other is Dominant. The former gene is recessive.


What gene will exhibit its traits even in a prensesce of a recessive gene?

A dominant gene will exhibit its traits even in the presence of a recessive gene. This is because the dominant gene masks the expression of the recessive gene when present in the same individual.


Dominant gene plus Dominant gene?

It would be definite that you have that gene or trait.


What is it called when a ressesive and dominat gene mix?

When a recessive and dominant gene mix, the dominant gene will typically determine the trait expressed in the offspring. This is known as dominant inheritance, where the dominant gene masks the presence of the recessive gene in determining the phenotype.


What is a homozygus?

When two cells have the same gene type then they are considered homozygous.


Is autism caused by a dominant gene?

yes , autism is caused by a dominant gene


How many copies of a recessive gene does it take to overpower a dominant gene?

It takes 8 copies of a recessive gene to overpeower dominant gene


Is the Huntingtons gene inherited as a dominant or ressisive gene?

The Huntington's gene is inherited as a dominant gene. This means that a person only needs to inherit one copy of the mutated gene from either parent to develop the condition.


What is an organism that has a dominant and a recessive copy of a gene?

dogs have a dominant and a recessive copy of a gene


What are the parents if 75 of the offspring have a Dominant gene?

If 75 offspring have a Dominant gene, then the parents must have at least one Dominant gene each. This would make them either Dominant Homozygous (DD) or Heterozygous (Dd) for the Dominant trait.


What is a dominant gene and what is a recessive gene?

Recessive gene is one which is supressed and do not show their characteristics and dominant gene is one which show their characteristics for example if a father has brown hair and mother has black hairs and if their son has black hair then in this case gene which has characteristics of black is dominant and the other which has characteristics of brown colour is recessive