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Are blue eyes a dominant trait?

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no they are a recessive gene. You would receive a blue gene from each parent

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Can you give me an example of a simple sentence using the word dominant trait?

Blue eyes are a dominant trait.


In human brown eyes (B) is a dominant trait and blue (b) , recessive trait?

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What is an example for dominant?

A dominant trait can include eye coloring such brown eyes grey, green, hazel, blue eyes.


Are brown eyes dominant or recessive?

Brown eyes are dominant. That's why more people have brown eyes then hazel or blue or green.


Why is there a greater chance of getting a dominant trait rather than a recessive trait?

A dominant trait occurs when either both alleles are dominant or one allele is dominant and the other is recessive. This is because a dominant allele overpowers a recessive allele. In order to have a recessive trait both alleles must be recessive.


Are green eyes dominant over brown eyes?

In most cases, no. If your parents give you a blue eye trait and a brown eye trait, you will most likely have brown eyes. However, there are many different alleles that factor into your eye color. That is why there are so many shades of eye color, such as blue, green, gray, brown, hazel, blue-green, etc... So, you may not always get pure blue or brown eyes, you may get a mix of both.


Are blue or brown eyes dominent?

brown eyes are dominant and are the most common eye colour half of the world has them population have them including me


How can this be possible where the couple has brown eyes and the child can have blue eyes?

Blue eyes are a recessive trait, while brown eyes are dominant. If both parents are heterozygous for brown eyes, it means they both carry the recessive trait for blue eyes, and so there is a 25% chance their offspring will be blue-eyed.


How are dominant and recessive traits different?

A dominant trait is the trait that will show. A recessive trait is the trait that is hidden. For example if your mom had brown eyes and your dad has green eyes you would have brown eyes because brown eyes are the dominant trait


What can you draw for an dominant trait?

Brown eyes are dominant.


A red-eyed fly mates with a blue-eyed fly. The offspring all have red eyes. What is the dominant trait?

A dominant trait, when present, is always expressed. So if the offspring of a red eyed and blue eyed mating are all red, then red must be dominant because it is the trait expressed.


What is the dominant trait when a red-eyed fly mates with a blue-eyed fly resulting in offspring that all have red eyes?

A dominant trait, when present, is always expressed. So if the offspring of a red eyed and blue eyed mating are all red, then red must be dominant because it is the trait expressed.