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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Understanding Genetics: Human Health and the Genome
Read this discussion of dominant and recessive genes and then answer the questions that follow. Your written work should be neatly done, using good grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Understanding Genetics: Human Health and the Genome
Questions --
1. Describe how dominant and recessive alleles work to create the trait for red hair.
2. What is a dominant negative allele?
3. Click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the article for a list of some dominant and recessive alleles. Make a table and list 5 traits that are influenced by dominant/recessive alleles.
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