What is a recessive trait?
Introduction to Genetics

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A recessive trait is an allele trait that can be hidden by the presence of another allele.
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What are genes?
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Genes are factors (sections of DNA) that control traits and are passed from one generation to the next.
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What is a genotype?
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A genotype is an organism's genetic makeup, usually expressed in letters.
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What are haploid cells?
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Haploid cells are cells that have only one allele for a trait, meaning they only have one copy of each chromosome.
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What does Mendel's law of segregation state?
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Mendel's law of segregation states that during meiosis, the alleles that control each trait are separated and only one allele from each pair is passed on to the offspring.
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What is a dominant trait?
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A dominant trait is an allele trait that can mask the presence of a recessive trait.
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What is a phenotype?
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A phenotype is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism, determined by its genotype.
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