- Show their affect even if only represented once.
- If both are dominant it is called co-dominance.
- Represented by a capital letter.
A genetic trait is considered dominant if it is an inherited trait that most likely appears in offspring if at least one parent contributes to it and is represented by the dominant allele (Ex. In humans, dark hair, DD or Dd, is considered dominant; if one parent contributes to a gene for dark hair and the other contributes the gene for light hair, dd, the child will most likely have dark hair). If two people possess two different traits that are both dominant and want to produce offspring, both traits will show in the offspring due to co-dominance. I chose this topic because I thought it would be cool to know what traits are dominant. I learned that dimples, brown hair, and brown eyes are dominant, along with the fact that even though one parent can display the dominant trait (heterozygous) it doesn't always mean that it will appear in the offspring.
Citations:
"What Are Dominant And Recessive?". Learn.genetics.utah.edu. N.p., 2017. Web. 4 Jan. 2017.
Education.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 4 Jan. 2017.
What makes a trait more dominate over the other?
ReplyDeleteNice blog!!! Very well put together and short and to the point!! Only question is why do they use big letters for dominant and small for recessive?
ReplyDeleteGreat blog, To the point, very good writing style and sentences, My question is who came up with the Big letter for dominant and small for recessive.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blog! I was wondering if blonde hair is dominant or recessive?
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