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Which are genes that keep others from showing their trait called?
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Recessive traits are shadowed by Dominant genes. In other words, the Dominant gene covers the Recessive.
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A unit that determines that trait?
A unit that determines a trait is called an allele
When the alleles present for a trait are the same. the genes are called?
When the alleles present for a trait are the same, it is called Homozygous
Are sections of chromosomes that code for a trait?
Sections of chromosomes that code for a trait are called genes.
What organism with two unlike genes of a trait is called?
A heterozygous has 2 different alleles for a trait.
What is it called when three or more contrasting genes control a trait?
Polygenic
What are the different formes of genes called?
Alleles are forms of genes for a trait.
A quality that a person was born with is called .?
Nature, Natural Or traits and genes
A unit that determines that trait?
A unit that determines a trait is called an allele
When the alleles present for a trait are the same. the genes are called?
When the alleles present for a trait are the same, it is called Homozygous
What is an organism with two genes for a trait called?
An organism with two like alleles for a trait is homozygous for that trait.
What is the estimated influence of genes on a trait called?
heritability
What is it when genes for a trait are the same it is called homozygous or?
heterozygotes
What is a trait said to be when several genes influence it?
the answer is polygenic
What are the factors that control a trait called?
what do we call factors that control traits
One set of instructions for an inherited trait?
They are called alleles.
How can you explain the inheritance of sex-linked traits?
The X chromosome information is expressed than the y chromosome so what ever X chromosome is passed to the male offspring it will be expressed in the male. Rarely it is ever expressed in female offspring because that chromosome with sex-trait is less dominant than the other X-chromosome she has.
Are sections of chromosomes that code for a trait?
Sections of chromosomes that code for a trait are called genes.
