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Why are genes called dominent?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Each gene has two alleles. When an allele is dominant, it will express the phenotype of that allele. Recessive alleles are only expressed when there are two copies of that allele.

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Only those genes are called dominant which show their phenotypic expression in an individual.

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