Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as a limiting factor
Explanation:
Organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as a limiting factor which helps to curtail such population. A limiting factor helps in leveraging population and there are factors used to regulate such population, the factors include; predator, parasites, among others
when dogs breed the mother and father each randomly contribute one allele from each locus giving each allele 50% chance of being passed down to the pups. one of the alleles at each locus is dominant and determines the traits like coat color