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What determines whether an allele is dominant, recessive, or codominant?

April 26, 2017Allele codominant Recessive

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What determines whether an allele is dominant, recessive, or codominant?

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An allele that is dominant will always show in future generations, recessive ones don’t always unless there’s two. However, ratios alone are a poor indicator for phenotype dominance. For instance, the 5 finger gene is actually recessive! ChaCha On!