Dominant Trait

What is a Dominant Trait? Explained in an easy to understand way:

What is a Dominant Trait? - Easy to Understand

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Imagine you're at a party where a loud band is playing, making it difficult to hear the quieter conversations around you. This situation is similar to a dominant trait in genetics, where one allele's characteristic can overshadow or "mask" the presence of another allele's trait. Just as the band's music overpowers the softer sounds, a dominant allele expresses its trait more prominently, making the recessive allele's trait less noticeable or completely hidden in the organism's phenotype.

Dominant Trait Definition

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Dominant Trait Definition

Dominant Trait: A trait of an allele that masks the other trait. Dominant trait. A dominant trait is one that will express itself over another trait when both are present in an organism.