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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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∙ 12y agoThe father carries the gene for balding.
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It used to be thought that the mother contributed the baldness gene, but lately, the thinking is that both parents may contribute to their offsprings' baldness.
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What is delayed-action gene?
A gene that takes time to come into effect such as puberty hormones and greying hair.
You have twin girls with red hair and hazel green eyes your husband has dark brown hair and eyes and you have light brown hair and hazel eyes Red hair is not common in either family Identical?
The gene that gives a person red hair is a ressesive gene, When a child is created, they take a gene both from their mother and from their father in order to make a pair to give them their hair colour. Certain genes are reccessive and certain genes are dominant, Usually, darker hair genes such as brown are dominant, Lighter hair genes such as red are reccessive So if a child receives a dark haired gene like brown from one parent and a lighter haired gene like red from the other parent, the child will have dark hair, as the dominant gene will dominate the hair colour. So, both the mother and the father must have had a reccessive red hair gene, Which the child was given when it was created.
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)
To have blond hair do both of your genes have to be for blond hair?
not necessarily.ok there are two parents each giving the child one gene. if one gene is recessive and one is dominant the dominant gene will decide the hair color. example the recessive gene is black hair and the dominant gene is blonde the child will most likely have blonde hair because the dominant gene is blonde hair. the dominant gene masks the recessive gene
When a gene inherited from one parent masks the expression of the gene inherited from the other parent that gene is said to be?
A gene whose phenotypic expression is masked by the presence of another is generally called the recessive gene. However, it can still be passed onto offspring.
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 :)
Where does ginger hair come from?
Same place as all other coloured hair. DNA.
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 is delayed-action gene?
A gene that takes time to come into effect such as puberty hormones and greying hair.
You have twin girls with red hair and hazel green eyes your husband has dark brown hair and eyes and you have light brown hair and hazel eyes Red hair is not common in either family Identical?
The gene that gives a person red hair is a ressesive gene, When a child is created, they take a gene both from their mother and from their father in order to make a pair to give them their hair colour. Certain genes are reccessive and certain genes are dominant, Usually, darker hair genes such as brown are dominant, Lighter hair genes such as red are reccessive So if a child receives a dark haired gene like brown from one parent and a lighter haired gene like red from the other parent, the child will have dark hair, as the dominant gene will dominate the hair colour. So, both the mother and the father must have had a reccessive red hair gene, Which the child was given when it was created.
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)
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.
Can a baby be born with a CF gene if neither parent has the gene?
No
To have blond hair do both of your genes have to be for blond hair?
not necessarily.ok there are two parents each giving the child one gene. if one gene is recessive and one is dominant the dominant gene will decide the hair color. example the recessive gene is black hair and the dominant gene is blonde the child will most likely have blonde hair because the dominant gene is blonde hair. the dominant gene masks the recessive gene
What is the Mode of inheritance hemophilia?
Transmitted by a dominant gene. If that gene is inherited from either parent, the offspring will develop HD. If the gene is NOT inherited, then the offspring will not have HD- AND cannot pass the gene to their offspring.
Can two blond haired parents have a red haired child?
Not necessarily. you only need one parent with the red head gene fo it to be able to pass down.
Can two red-haired parents have a brown-haired child?
no!! never The above answer is incorrect--the red-headed gene is recessive--just because brown hair is dominant does not mean that those brown-heads don't carry the gene mutation for red hair! Research on this question suggests that freckled skin on non-red-heads may be a sign that the recessive gene for red hair is present.
