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The trait of the weaker gene is “hidden” or does not show up and is called the recessive gene.
What is a trait that hides other traits?
recessive. the trait that hides in the background and can only be expressed in homozygous form.
What do we call a trait that dominates or can hide another trait?
Recessive allele. trait is covered up, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear; represented by lower case letters. Genotype.
What is a trait passed down?
An inherited trait is one that is genetically determined. Inherited traits are passed from parent to offspring according to the rules of Mendelian genetics. Most traits are not strictly determined by genes, but rather are influenced by both genes and environment.
Humans have two versions of all autosomal genes, called alleles, one from each parent. The recessive trait is hidden in the heterozygous individual (Dd) if the other allele is inherited in a dominant fashion, and so this person is a called a “carrier” of the recessive allele, but does not manifest the disease or trait.
What is ay linked disorder?
Y-linked. A condition is considered Y-linked if the altered gene that causes the disorder is located on the Y chromosome, one of the two sex chromosomes in each of a male’s cells. Because only males have a Y chromosome, in Y-linked inheritance, a variant can only be passed from father to son.
Is a dominant trait visible?
The Law of Dominance states: An organism receives two genes for each trait, one from each parent One of the genes may be stronger; the trait of the stronger gene shows up and is called the dominant gene. The trait that was always visible in the offspring was considered to be the stronger of the two.
Which is an example of a hidden trait?
A dominant trait is the trait that will show. A recessive trait is the trait that is hidden. For example if your mom had brown eyes and your dad has green eyes you would have brown eyes because brown eyes are the dominant trait
How are recessive trait and dominant trait different?
If one parent has a dominant trait and and another parent has a recessive trait, then the recessive trait gets hidden while the dominant trait gets shown. How are dominant trait and recessive trait different? A dominant trait is the trait that will show. A recessive trait is the trait that is hidden.
What does it mean when dominant traits skip a generation?
Dominant traits like dark hair and dark eyes can sometimes skip a generation. Which means that sometimes a dominant trait is hidden even though it is dominant. When dominant traits are hidden, we call it “incomplete penetrance.”
What is the trait that covers up another trait called?
The ruling trait is the Dominant trait. What is the trait that covers up another trait called? The trait that covers the other trait is the dominant trait. The trait that is “covered up” is the recessive trait. How is dominant inheritance different from recessive inheritance?