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Suppose that the alleles for blue eyes in cats is recessive and your cat has blue eyes. what statement can you make about your cat's genotype for eye color?
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A+ It is probably homozygous for the recessive allele.
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What are alleles and what are the two forms?
They are traits that are passed on from parent to offspring. There are also two types of alleles; Dominant and recessive.
How are dominant and recessive traits represented?
Autosomal recessive alleles ( both males and females) and X-linked alleles in females always express themselves in homozygous condition. On other hand, X -chromosome linked recessive allele express singly in males.
Why you called co-dominance when a person possess two different alleles at the same locus and both alleles are expressed in the phenotype?
Both of the parent's alleles are either dominant or recessive.
What is the difference between heterozygous and homozygous alleles?
You're looking at a gene which contains 2 alleles (meaning variations of that gene). Let's call it "A."Remember that you get 2 copies of EACH gene (one from mom, one from dad).
An organism's genotype is its?
inherited combination of alleles(:genetic makeup
Using the terms dominant recessive explain the difference between genotype and phenotype?
No, I think you have your terms confused.The terms "dominant" and "recessive" are applied to alleles of a genotype. A genotype is an expression (using upper- and lower-case letters) that shows what alleles an organism has for a particular locus. The two alleles (in most cases) inherited (one from mother and one from father) can either be dominant or recessive. The recessive allele is not fully expressed in the presence of the dominant allele and is only expressed when there are two recessive alleles. The genotype could be called "recessive" I suppose if the genotype is homozygous recessive. But remember that two recessive alleles as a genotype is only one possibility - in which case you can't say the "genotype is recessive".The phenotype is dependent on the genotype. If present, the dominant alleles (in simple Mendelian genetics) will determine the phenotype - what the organism's trait or characteristic is. The phenotype will never be what is coded by the recessive allele unless the genotype is two recessive alleles.
What is the term for a genotype in which there are two recessive alleles?
Homozygenous recessive.
Term for a genotype in which there are two recessive alleles?
A genotype consisting of two different alleles is a heterozygote.
A homozygous genotype where both alleles are recessive are called?
A recessive gene refers to an allele which is only seen in homozygous genotype.
What makes a dominant alleles different from a recessive alleles?
A dominant alle masks the expression of the recessive trait in a heterozygous genotype, a recessive allele is the phenotpye expressed is the recessive trait.
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 are alleles and what are the two forms?
They are traits that are passed on from parent to offspring. There are also two types of alleles; Dominant and recessive.
When two of the same alleles are needed to be seen in the offspring's genotype those alleles are what?
Recessive alleles must be homozygous in order for the trait to be displayed phenotypically.
If about 50 percent of the offspring have the dominant phenotype and 50 percent have the recessive phenotype what are the genotype of the parents?
If the phenotype is recessive then the genotype must be dd.
When is a recessive allel expressed in offspring?
A recessive phenotype is expressed in an offspring that has a homozygous recessive genotype for that trait.
What is a genotype composed of?
Genotype is the genetic make up of an organism both expressed (phenotype) and unexpressed.Example: AaeeDndn is the genotype which includes unexpressed (recessive) alleles a and dn.Expressed dominant traits A and Dn as well as expressed recessive traits (ee). Note that expressed recessive traits have to be homozygous.
In humans the alleles for hemophilia h is recessive. Which phenotype is displayed in an individual with the genotype XhY?
Genes that come together with different alleles are called _____.
