Genetics: Recessive Traits

Recessive traits are traits that can be carried without the phenotype being shown.
Examples:
- Blue eyes are a recessive trait, so if someone carries both the Brown and blue eye traits their eye color will be brown.
- If two parents have brown eyes but carry the blue eye trait, they can have a child with blue eyes. However, if both parents have blue eyes their offspring can only have blue eyes. This is because neither parent has the brown eye trait.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 15, 2017 at 10:56 AM

    Good Breif, genreal idea of what it is.
    I have blue eyes, and both my parents do as well so i was for sure going to have them but i find it very cool that if two people have brown eyes they still can genetically have a blue eyed baby, but its a slim chance.

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  2. AnonymousMay 16, 2017 at 7:41 PM

    I like that it was quick and straight to the point, also had some good examples. I just think you could've added some more because you didn't have a visual, or a reflection. ~Janara

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  3. AnonymousMay 17, 2017 at 4:56 AM

    I think you did really good on this you told me some things i didn't know. I also think you couldve added more to this

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  4. AnonymousMay 17, 2017 at 10:12 AM

    I was more informed on what the recessive trait did because you gave good examples. My eye color changes and I don't know why because my parents don't change. I think you could've added more detail on the reflection.

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