OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
GENETICS
Question
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In genetics, dominant alleles are usually represented by
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capital letters
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lower case letters
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math symbols
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fractions
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Dominant alleles are represented by capital letters and recessive alleles are represented by lowercase letters. For example, blue eyes are a recessive trait and brown eyes are a dominant trait.
Detailed explanation-2: -When discussing genotype, biologists use uppercase letters to stand for dominant alleles and lowercase letters to stand for recessive alleles. With eye color, for instance, “B” stands for a brown allele and “b” stands for a blue allele.
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