Dominant allele is represented by ___________

Capital letter

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Small letter

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Vowels

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Consonants

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Solution

The correct option is D Capital letter
It is conventional in genetics to use capital letters to indicate dominant alleles and lower-case letters to indicate recessive alleles. Therefore, (a) is the correct answer.

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Dominant allele is represented by ___________

The correct option is D Capital letterIt is conventional in genetics to use capital letters to indicate dominant alleles and lower-case letters to indicate recessive alleles. Therefore, (a) is the correct answer.

The correct option is D Capital letter
It is conventional in genetics to use capital letters to indicate dominant alleles and lower-case letters to indicate recessive alleles. Therefore, (a) is the correct answer.