Answer:
Ions are atoms with a positive or negative charge.
Explanation:
Ions are atoms or molecules that, when subjected to the phenomenon of ionization, gain or lose electrons, ceasing to be neutral and acquiring an electric charge.
The charge that atoms or molecules possess can be positive —if it has lost electrons— or negative when it acquires electrons. The negatively charged particle is called anion, and when it is positively charged cation.
The other options are not correct because of:
- <em>There are usually as many or more neutrons than protons.
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- <em>Uncharged atoms are neutral.
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- <em>The number of protons or neutrons does not affect the electric charge of the atom.</em>
- <em>Atoms that joined in fixed proportions can form molecules.</em>
When parents provide a different allele of a given gene, then the offspring is called as heterozygous for that allele. Alleles turn out phenotypes or physical versions of an attribute that are either dominant or recessive.
The dominance or recessivity related to a specific allele is the result of masking, by that, a dominant phenotype hides a recessive phenotype. By this logic, in heterozygous offspring, solely the dominant phenotype is apparent.