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Dominant trait is a genetics term. A dominant trait is one which will be expressed if one of the parents has the gene for that trait. A recessive trait is one that will be expressed only if both parents carry the trait.

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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.

Examples of Dominant Traits. Dark hair is dominant over blonde or red hair.

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A dominate trait is a gene that prevents another gene from showing

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A dominant trait is a trait that that over powers another trait.

For instance "a" is recessive and "A" is dominant.

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What will always hide a recessive trait?

A dominate trait


What is ressive?

dominate is you strong trait, and ressesive is your weak trait


What contains both a dominate trait and a recessive trait?

heterozygous?


When will 2 dominate trait show its affect?

In the presence of one dominate gene


What is a sentence for dominant trait?

A dominate trait is a trait that appears even if an organism has only one factor for the trait.


When do you see a dominate trait?

When the allele that codes for the dominant trait is expressed in the genome.


What does the notation AA means to genetics?

AA means that a trait is homozygous dominate. A person only has one variation of a gene (trait) and it is dominate.


Which type of genetic trait appears in every generation of offspring?

the dominant trait


Would a mutation be a dominate or a recessive trait?

A mutation can be either recessive or dominant depending on what trait it is.


A male will always transmit a recessive trait to his son?

no not always they can transmit a dominate trait also


How does a genetic trait appear every generation and what is it considered?

A trait like this must be homozygous dominate.


What is the genetics chart?

a genetic chart shows a trait of two parents to show how much of their off spring would have that trait. the trait is dominate and recessive trait.