answersLogoWhite

0

Not necessarily. I think the dominant genes are more common, but there are lot of exceptions out there. For example, having six fingers in humans is a dominant gene, but it isn't all that common.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Would a recessive allele or dominant allele be more common in population?

Dominant allele because its more likely to be received by the next generation.


If and individual has one dominant allele and one recessive allele will the recessive allele show up?

No, the dominant allele will be expressed in the individual's phenotype, masking the presence of the recessive allele. The recessive allele will only be expressed if an individual inherits two copies of the recessive allele.


Why are recessive alleles not removed from populations over time?

If the recessive genotype is selected for more often than the dominant genotype, the recessive allele will become more common than the dominant allele in the gene pool.


What is the difference between dominant alleles and recessive alleles?

dominant-appears in first generation recessive-seems to dissapear


How do dominate traits over power the recessive?

Dominant traits are expressed over recessive traits because the dominant allele codes for a functional protein that masks the effects of the recessive allele. In a heterozygous individual carrying one dominant and one recessive allele, the dominant allele is expressed, leading to the dominant trait being observed.


What makes dominant alleles different from recessive alleles?

It's in the word! Dominant means bigger or stronger or greater. So the dominant allele is the stronger gene that is going to show whereas the recessive allele is still in you, but is overshadowed by the dominant allele.


Genes that are only seen when paired with a recessive gene?

if u have a recessive gene with a recessive gene then u can see the recessive gene but if you have a dominant gene with a recessive gene you can only see the dominant gene hope that helps:)


Would you expect there to be more children with the dominant phenotype or recessive phenotypewhy?

There would likely be more children with the dominant phenotype because it only requires one copy of the dominant allele to express the dominant trait, whereas the recessive phenotype requires two copies of the recessive allele.


What is difference between a dominant trait and a recessive trait?

A recessive trait is a trait that is not shown or expressed physically but is retained within the persons genes, whereas a dominant trait is a trait which opresses the recessive trait and is prodominantly shown or expressed physically. For example it is possible for two red-haired parents, both with recessive dark haired genes, to have a dark haired child. they must both have the recessive gene or the dominant gene of red - hair will be expressed in the child


What is the difference between dominant and recessive gene?

There are no such things as dominant and recessive genes. There are only dominant and recessive alleles. Dominant alleles are parts of a gene that present its features over the recessive allele, which is the one that is always masked by the dominant allele. The recessive allele's trait only shows if both of the alleles in a trait are recessive.


Is Tt dominant?

in Tt it would be the big T as the more dominant one


What is dominante allele mean?

a dominant allele is basically the one stronger, more powerful. unlike the recessive allele, i.e if two people wanted to calculate the probability of them having a baby with brown eyes, theyd have to look at their alleles, if the father had brown eyes, XX (to show how brown eyes are stronger) and the mother had hazel eyes (xx) their chid is going to have (Xx) which in this case, the child will have brown eys, because X is more dominant(strong) than x (recessive)