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Both, depending on the genes of the parents.
It can also be on genetic and caused by the child's environment in the womb and in very few cases the child's tongue blocks the palate from fully closing
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agoCleft chin is caused by a recessive gene. You need to have 2 copies of the gene (one from your mom and another from your dad) in order to develop cleft chin. Phenotypic expression of cleft chin is affected by variable penetrance and modifier genes. To learn more about the genetic of cleft chin and the factors that affect its expression. Read on the related link below.
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∙ 9y agoI am not positive, but I believe that having a cleft chin is a recessive trait, and having a regular chin is dominant.
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What is a dent on your chin called?
That would be a "cleft". The terms cleft chin, butt chin, chin cleft,, superhero chin, dimple chin, or a chin dimple refer to a dimple on the chin
How can you get a cleft chin?
One can be born with a cleft chin. Another way one would get a cleft chin, if they wanted it, would be through plastic surgery. A cleft would be bored into the fissure of the chin bone and then one would have a cleft chin.
Do the Cleft Chin Trait Just pass Down From The Parent?
A Clefted chin is indeed heriditary. It is localted in chromosome 16. If both parents have clefts the chances of their child also having one is about 75%. When the featus is forming at the very early stages the tissue sometimes does not completely conjoin and the centerline and thus causes the cleft in the chin. The degree may vary and is much more dominant with males than females.
Why does your son have a cleft chin with no family history of a cleft chin on either side?
Actually, the answer is YES. If your child has a cleft chin, either you and the other parent have one of the traits to create the cleft. When both traits come together, the cleft is formed. So you can't see it in the parents but you can in the child. In ref to the comment below... The same goes with eye color. Brown and Blue are so close it's not even funny. They're just one marker apart. Children with cleft chins don't have to have a parent with a cleft chin, that i simple genetics, one of the great great granfathers of a child might have had it, and it resurfaced many many genirations later, it really is all genetic, some people have blue eyes while niether parents have the trait, it is simply a gene that has been skipped and is now resurfacing!
What is the probability that an individual heterozygous for a cleft chin and individual homozygous for chin without cleft will produce offsprings that are homozygous recessive for chin without cleft?
The probability that an individual heterozygous for a cleft chin and an individual homozygous for a chin without a cleft will produce offspring that are homozygous recessive for a chin without a cleft is fifty percent. You can calculate this by making a Punnet square.
Is cleft chin or no cleft chin dominant?
cleft chin is recessive, no cleft chin dominant.
Is there a relationship between the frequency of a trait in a population and whether that trait is dominant or recessive?
Some observable traits in humans are dimples, earlobes, tongue-rolling, cleft chin, hairline, and freckles. The relationship between the frequency of a trait in a population and whether the trait is dominant or recessive because in inherited human traits, the offspring can either have dimples or no dimples.
What is a dent on your chin called?
That would be a "cleft". The terms cleft chin, butt chin, chin cleft,, superhero chin, dimple chin, or a chin dimple refer to a dimple on the chin
How can you get a cleft chin?
One can be born with a cleft chin. Another way one would get a cleft chin, if they wanted it, would be through plastic surgery. A cleft would be bored into the fissure of the chin bone and then one would have a cleft chin.
Do the Cleft Chin Trait Just pass Down From The Parent?
A Clefted chin is indeed heriditary. It is localted in chromosome 16. If both parents have clefts the chances of their child also having one is about 75%. When the featus is forming at the very early stages the tissue sometimes does not completely conjoin and the centerline and thus causes the cleft in the chin. The degree may vary and is much more dominant with males than females.
Why does your son have a cleft chin with no family history of a cleft chin on either side?
Actually, the answer is YES. If your child has a cleft chin, either you and the other parent have one of the traits to create the cleft. When both traits come together, the cleft is formed. So you can't see it in the parents but you can in the child. In ref to the comment below... The same goes with eye color. Brown and Blue are so close it's not even funny. They're just one marker apart. Children with cleft chins don't have to have a parent with a cleft chin, that i simple genetics, one of the great great granfathers of a child might have had it, and it resurfaced many many genirations later, it really is all genetic, some people have blue eyes while niether parents have the trait, it is simply a gene that has been skipped and is now resurfacing!
What muscle results in a dimpled chin?
None. A dimpled chin is the result of a dip or cleft in the bone of the jaw. It's a genetically inherited trait that can't be developed by exercise.
The allele for a cleft chin C is dominant among humans. What are the results of a cross between parents with genotypes Cc and cc?
In this scenario, there would be a 50% chance of Cc and 50% chance of cc. Half of the offspring would have a cleft chin, and half would have a normal chin.?æ
Which is better single-chin or cleft chin?
I like single chin better than cleft chin. But different people have different choices.
How is the phenotype determined by the genotype?
Ex. Genotype = Phenotype AA Pure, no cleft chin Aa Hybrid, no cleft chin AA Pure, cleft chin XX Female XY Male
What is a chin indentation?
cleft
The allele for a cleft chin C is dominant among humans what are the results of a cross between parents with genotypes Cc and cc?
In this scenario, there would be a 50% chance of Cc and 50% chance of cc. Half of the offspring would have a cleft chin, and half would have a normal chin.?æ
