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Genes come from both parents and are molded together to make a unique person. To make a long answer short, the color of your hair doesn't "come from" one parent or the other; there is a fifty-fifty chance that you have the same color hair as your mother or your father.
In fact, the odds might be different depending on whether one of your parents has a dominant hair color gene in the family. For instance, say your mother's side of the family is all blond, especially both of her parents; this probably means that her genes are dominantly blond. If your father's side of the family has some scattered brunettes and redheads, then his hair probably isn't dominant.
If one of your parents has a dominant hair color, then it is more likely that you will have that one, too. Also, some genes can skip generations through chance, which might explain why a child has the same color hair as her grandmother, but not her mother.
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What are the chances of inheriting a recessive gene for hair color?
The chances of inheriting a recessive gene for hair color depend on the genetic makeup of your parents. If both parents carry the recessive gene, there is a 25 chance of inheriting it. If only one parent carries the gene, the chances are lower.
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
What is a recessave trait?
A trait that can be overridden by another trait. For example, red hair is a recessive trait. If you have one gene for red hair, and one gene for any other color of hair, you will not have red hair. Your hair will be the color determined by the other gene. Therefore, you could have several generations without that trait showing up, until two parents, each with one gene for that trait have a chile, the child will have a 1 in 4 chance of having that trait. if parent 1 has 1 gene for red hair (we'll call it R) and one for blond hair (we'll call it B, and the other parent has 1 R and one gene for black hair (we'll call it Bl). there are 4 possibilities for what a child will have for hair color. B, Bl (Black hair with recessive blond); B, R (Blond hair with recessive red); R, Bl (Black hair with recessive red); R, R (Red hair)
Is mid-digital hair a recessive or dominant gene?
Mid-digital hair is considered a dominant genetic trait. This means that if an individual inherits the allele for mid-digital hair from either parent, they will exhibit the trait.
Is blonde hair recessive or dominant?
Recessive gene of X chromosome. more common in men as they have only one x chromosome but in female there are 2 X chromosome. If one of X chromosome in female has this recessive gene, they become a carrier. If both the X chromosome in female has this gene, they show baldness
Can a parent with brown hair and a parent with ginger hair have a ginger hair child?
Yes, a parent with brown hair and a parent with ginger hair can have a ginger-haired child. Hair color is determined by multiple genes, and the ginger hair color is often recessive. If the brown-haired parent carries a recessive gene for ginger hair, there's a possibility that their child could inherit that gene from both parents and have ginger hair.
Where does ginger hair come from?
Same place as all other coloured hair. DNA.
If a baby goat received dominant gene for curly hair from one parent and recessive gene for straight hair from the other which trait will the baby goat display?
curly hair, as the dominant gene overrules the recessive gene I THINK :)
Can a person have bright orange-red hair if they received only one gene for red hair from one parent?
Yes they can, red is often dominant over other hair colors. This isn't right. Red hair is a recessive gene (the most recessive hair color) and you must have two copies of it, one from each parent, in order for one to have red hair. The gene is related to MC1R on chromosome-16. Only about 2% of the population has red hair because it is so recessive and both parents must have this gene.
What are the chances of inheriting a recessive gene for hair color?
The chances of inheriting a recessive gene for hair color depend on the genetic makeup of your parents. If both parents carry the recessive gene, there is a 25 chance of inheriting it. If only one parent carries the gene, the chances are lower.
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
What is the recessive hair type?
The recessive hair type refers to the genetic trait responsible for straight hair. This means that an individual must inherit two copies of the straight hair gene (one from each parent) in order to have straight hair. If only one copy is inherited, the dominant curly hair gene will be expressed instead.
Do you need two red head parents to produce a red headed child?
No, two red-headed parents are not required to produce a red-headed child. Red hair is a recessive trait, meaning a child can inherit the gene for red hair from one or both parents, even if they do not have red hair themselves. A child can be born with red hair if they inherit the recessive gene from a parent who carries it, regardless of the other parent's hair color.
If black hair color is dominant and white color is recessive what color hair does the offspring have?
If one parent has black hair (dominant) and the other parent has white hair (recessive), the offspring will likely have black hair, as the dominant gene for black hair will override the recessive gene for white hair.
The gene for red hair is recessive to the gene for black hair. What will be the hair colour of a child if he inherits a gene for red colour from his mother and a gene for black hair from his father Ex?
The child will have black hair because the gene for black hair is dominant over the gene for red hair. Since the child inherits one gene for red hair from the mother (recessive) and one gene for black hair from the father (dominant), the dominant black hair gene will express itself. Therefore, the child's hair color will be black.
Is it possible to have a blond baby if both mom and dad have brown hair?
Yes, it is possible if both parents carry a recessive blond hair gene that can be passed on to their child. Each parent contributes one gene for hair color, and if they both carry a recessive gene for blond hair, there is a chance that their child could have blond hair.
Are you more likely to have blond hair or brown hair?
You are more likely to have brown hair because the brown hair gene is a dominant gene, and not the blond hair gene.
