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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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    When a dominant allele is paired with a recessive allele, the dominant allele determines the characteristic. When these traits or characteristics are visibly expressed, they are known as phenotypes. The genetic code behind a trait is known as the genotype.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. What are dominant and recessive alleles? - YourGenome

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    Dominant alleles can influence a specific trait if a person has one or both copies of the allele, which can come from just one or both parents. For example, Huntington’s disease is a dominant condition caused by an insertion mutation in the HD (sometimes called HTT) gene.

  10. 1.2: Dominant and Recessive Alleles - Biology LibreTexts

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    In a diploid organism, if an allele is dominant, only one copy of that allele is necessary to express the dominant phenotype. If an allele is recessive, then the gene needs to have two copies (or be homozygous) to express the recessive phenotype.

  11. 6.2: Laws of Inheritance- Dominant and Recessive Inheritance...

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    Mendel postulated that genes (characteristics) are inherited as pairs of alleles (traits) that behave in a dominant and recessive pattern. Alleles segregate into gametes such that each gamete is equally likely to receive either one of the two alleles present in a diploid individual.