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In Biology / Middle School | 2014-01-30

Contrast alleles are described as being dominant or recessive. What is the difference between a dominant and a recessive allele?

Asked by Angell

Answer (3)

dominant alleles can take over the recessive alleles if they were there and the other allele cant do the same as long as the dominant alleles don't come

Answered by rishard | 2024-06-10

dominant alleles can take over the recessive alleles if they were there
and the other allele cant do the same as long as the dominant alleles don't
come ;

Answered by joneskeeanu | 2024-06-12

Dominant alleles can mask the presence of recessive alleles, leading to their expression in phenotypes only when in a homozygous state. Dominant alleles are represented by uppercase letters, while recessive alleles are represented by lowercase letters. This concept is fundamental to genetics and was established by Gregor Mendel through his work with pea plants.
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Answered by rishard | 2024-10-02