How are dominant and recessive genes related?

Answer 1

Dominate them. Recessive alleles do not show in your phenotype unless you have two of the same recessive allele. But if you inherit one dominant and one recessive, it is the dominant that always shows in your phenotype.

Answer 2

If you are talking about traits, dominant traits and recessive traits both have alleles. Dominant traits are alleles that cover up the expression of other alleles. One dominant allele with one recessive allele makes a dominant trait. Two dominant alleles together also make a dominant trate. Recessive traits are alleles that are only expressed when there is no dominant trait to cover them up. Two recessive alleles make a recessive trait. Traits can be passed over to the next generation. Two alleles together make a genotype, which is the inherited combination of alleles.

Alleles: different versions of the same gene.

Heredity: determined by genes.

Genes: piece of DNA that shows the cell how to make a protein it needs.

Answer 3

Dominant genes are expressed over recessive genes when present in an individual's genotype. This means that the dominant gene's trait will be displayed in the individual's phenotype while the recessive gene's trait will not be expressed. However, recessive genes can still be passed on to offspring and expressed if paired with another recessive gene.

Answer 4

The dominant genes take over, and then the recessive genes hide away

Answer 5

In a Punnett Square, the dominant traits will show up if there are just two dominant genes. For the recessive traits, there needs to be four recessive genes in the Punnett Square.

Answer 6

The dominant traits are the traits you are most likely to get whilst the recessive traits are less likely to appear in you, however they may appear in your offsprings or their offsprings etc.