The purpose of this study is to describe recessive alleles in strictly dominant genes. Identifying recessive mutations in genes for which only dominant disease or risk alleles have been reported can ...

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So it’s not as if everything about you can be calculated simply with a Punnett square. When we talk about genes being dominant or recessive, we’re generally talking about traits controlled by the ...

Epistasis describes how gene interactions can affect phenotypes. Did you know that genes can mask each other's presence or combine to produce an entirely new trait? But what happens when two different ...

Biology professors and students use tomatoes from campus garden to teach high schools students about genetic diversity. Students learn about dominant and recessive genes and the genetic influence on ...

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The height of pea plants is controlled by a single gene which has two alleles – tall and short. The tall allele is dominant and is shown as T. The short allele is recessive and is shown as t. Complete ...

Why are some genes dominant? Such as those for brown eyes over blue eyes, or so I am led to believe. Or do they actually blend in some way? Here's what science has to say: In the 19th century, ...

Just because a trait is dominant does not mean it is common. Each color represents different levels of light eyes. Blue=80%+, teal=50-79%, olive=20-49%, brown=1-19%, black=none. Image courtesy of Dark ...

Your genes code for all your traits. Some genes are dominant and expressed if you receive a copy from one parent. Others are recessive and only apparent if you receive a copy from both parents. Genes ...