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genes: domenent and recessive.

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genes: domenent and recessive.

Postby Roan on Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:20 pm

I have heard about how the 'brown' gene is a dommenent gene (IE it takes two 'blue' genes to beat a 'brown' gene) and my question today is: how does DNA become domenet/reccessive? It seems that a (I'll be it complex) molecule (chain?) wouldn't be able to "dominate" the cells.
I find the biology of lesser spiecies fascenating..... thats why I study humans :twisted:

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Postby ashokalatha on Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:20 pm

Why is the digit 99 greater than digit 98?
The dominant and recessive Genes are determined by experimenting the progeny for particular charecteristics or genes.
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Postby mith on Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:29 pm

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Postby MichaelXY on Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:23 pm

Have you guys ever considered an FAQ? I guess that may be a lot of work. Just a thought though.
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Postby Darby on Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:24 pm

It isn't the gene that's dominant, really - it's the protein variant that it codes for.
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