because it dominates the phenotype
An allele that is dominated or covered up by another allele is called a recessive allele. This means that the trait associated with the recessive allele is only expressed when an individual carries two copies of that allele.
The answer is that The difference is that dominant dominates, and recessive is dominated.
An allele that is masked by the dominant allele is called a recessive allele. When an individual has one dominant allele and one recessive allele, only the trait determined by the dominant allele will be expressed. The recessive allele will only be expressed if an individual has two copies of it (homozygous recessive).
If you mean allele, then the answer is a recessive allele. A recessive allele is dominated by a dominant allele, and generally does not show up physically.
The recessive allele.
A genotype in which there are both a dominant and a recessive allele is called heterozygous.
A dominant allele is called dominant because its effects will be expressed in the phenotype when present in the genotype, regardless of whether the individual has one or two copies of the allele.
because it dominates the phenotype
An allele that always shows up in an organism's phenotype and masks the expression of another allele is called dominant. Dominant alleles are always expressed, even when paired with a recessive allele.
An allele that hide the effect of other allele is called dominant.Allele that is masked is called recessive .
This is called complete dominance, where one allele completely masks the expression of another allele in a heterozygous individual. The dominant allele is expressed phenotypically, while the recessive allele remains hidden.
A dominant allele is called dominant because it expresses its trait even when only one copy is present in an individual's genotype. This means that if an individual has one dominant allele and one recessive allele for a particular gene, the dominant trait will be observed in the phenotype. This characteristic allows dominant alleles to mask the effects of recessive alleles, leading to the trait associated with the dominant allele being the one that is visibly expressed.