A dominant allele is often covered up or masked by the recessive allele. True or false?

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swat323 years ago

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Explanation:In a heterozygote, the allele which masks the other is referred to as dominant, while the allele that is masked is referred to as recessive.

Snowcat [4.5K]3 years ago

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If the alleles are different, the dominant allele will be expressed, while the effect of the other allele, called recessive, is masked. In the case of a recessive genetic disorder, an individual must inherit two copies of the mutated allele in order for the disease to be present

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