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What is a Dominant trait?


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Alleles:

  1. Alternative forms of genes are called alleles.
  2. Alleles can be dominant or recessive.
  3. The expression of a recessive gene is masked or hidden by a dominant allele.
  4. A recessive allele is an allele that shows its effect only in the homozygous state.

Dominant trait:

  1. They are always expressed when the connected allele is dominant, even if only one copy of the dominant trait exists.
  2. Uppercase is used to indicate the dominant allele.
  3. Example - Right handedness

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