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  2. Dominant - National Human Genome Research Institute

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    A dominant gene, or a dominant version of a gene, is a particular variant of a gene, which for a variety of reasons, expresses itself more strongly all by itself than any other version of the gene which the person is carrying, and, in this case, the recessive.

  3. Dominant vs Recessive - Difference and Comparison | Diffen

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    What's the difference between Dominant and Recessive? Genes determine traits, or characteristics, such as eye, skin, or hair color, of all organisms. Each gene in an individual consists of two alleles: one comes from the mother and one from the father. Some alleles are dominant, meaning they ultimately determ...

  4. Dominant Trait Definition. A dominant trait is an inherited characteristic that appears in an offspring if it is contributed from a parent through a dominant allele. Traits, also known as phenotypes, may include features such as eye color, hair color, immunity or susceptibility to certain diseases and facial features such as dimples and freckles.

  5. Dominant Traits and Alleles - National Human Genome Research...

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    Dominant, as related to genetics, refers to the relationship between an observed trait and the two inherited versions of a gene related to that trait. Individuals inherit two versions of each gene, known as alleles, from each parent.

  6. Dominance (genetics) - Wikipedia

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    In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome. [1] [2] The first variant is termed dominant and the second is called recessive.

  7. What are Dominant and Recessive? - University of Utah

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    Dominant and recessive inheritance are useful concepts when it comes to predicting the probability of an individual inheriting certain phenotypes, especially genetic disorders. But the terms can be confusing when it comes to understanding how a gene specifies a trait.

  8. Understanding Dominant Genes: A Comprehensive Guide to Gene ... -...

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    A dominant gene is a type of gene that, when present on one allele of a gene pair, determines the visible characteristics or traits of an organism. These dominant traits will be expressed in the phenotype, or physical appearance, of an individual.

  9. Dominance | Definition & Examples | Britannica

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    Dominance, in genetics, greater influence by one of a pair of alleles that affect the same inherited character. In ecology, the term dominance refers to a species of animal or plant that exerts the most influence on other species of its community because its members are the most abundant or the largest.

  10. Dominant Gene and Recessive Gene: Understanding the Basics

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    Dominant genes are those that always express their phenotype, regardless of whether they are inherited from one or both parents. They are denoted by uppercase letters in a genotype (the genetic makeup of an individual), and they override the presence of recessive genes.

  11. Dominant gene Definition and Examples - Biology Online

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    Learn more about this form of inheritance and how it can be predicted using a Punnett square... In this tutorial, find out more about certain types of inheritance that does not follow the Mendelian inheritance patterns. Examples are incomplete dominance and complete dominance...