Human Anatomy & Physiology (9th Edition)

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Chapter 29 - Heredity - Review Questions - Page 1106: 1(6)

Answer

(c) dominant allele

Work Step by Step

A dominant allele is the one that is expressed and will be expressed over a recessive allele. This can be in the form of Rr or RR. Either way, the allele that will be expressed in the phenotype is going to be whatever trait R codes for. In the Rr example, the R which is dominant, covers up the r which is recessive.
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