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Rashid [163]
3 years ago
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Explain how a trait might seem to “disappear” for a generation, and then “reappear” in the following generation.

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1 answer:
lapo4ka [179]3 years ago
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This state is characteristic for recessive traits. For an individual to express a recessive trait, it must have two recessive alleles (one of two or more alternative forms of a gene) of the responsible gene. But, if it has one recessive allele and one dominant allele, it will not have the trait, but he will be called a carrier. So, it seems like the trait "disappeared" but still it is "carried" in the genome. However, if its offspring has two recessive alleles and express the trait, it will <span>seem </span>like the trait "reappeared".
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