By a Recessive Allele?

Sarah Jenkins
Sarah Jenkins
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A Recessive Allele Is a Variety of Genetic Code That Does Not Create a Phenotype If a Dominant Allele Dominant Allele a Dominant Trait Is an Inherited...

By a Recessive Allele?

A recessive allele is a variety of genetic code that does not create a phenotype if a dominant allele

dominant allele
A dominant trait is an inherited characteristic that appears in an offspring if it is contributed from a parent through a dominant allele. ... If an individual carries the same two alleles for a gene, they are homozygous for that gene (aa or AA); this is the case whether the alleles are recessive or dominant.
is present. ... A heterozygous individual will appear the same as a homozygous dominant individual. This means that an organisms with two dominant alleles appear the same as an organism with only one functioning allele.

What does it mean when an allele is recessive?

Recessive refers to a type of allele which will not be manifested in an individual unless both of the individual's copies of that gene have that particular genotype.

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What is recessive allele example?

Recessive alleles only show their effect if the individual has two copies of the allele (also known as being homozygous?). For example, the allele for blue eyes is recessive, therefore to have blue eyes you need to have two copies of the 'blue eye' allele.

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