Difference between revisions of "Dominant gene"
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(New page: A '''Dominant gene''' is a gene that almost always results in a specific physical characteristic, for example, a disease, even though the patient's genome possesses only one copy. With a d...) |
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| − | A '''Dominant gene''' is a gene that almost always results in a specific physical characteristic, for example, a disease, even though the patient's genome possesses only one copy. With a dominant gene, the chance of passing on the gene | + | A '''Dominant gene''' is a gene that almost always results in a specific physical characteristic, for example, a hereditary disease, even though the patient's genome possesses only one copy. With a dominant gene, the chance of passing on the gene to children is 50-50 in each pregnancy. |
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Revision as of 22:29, August 16, 2007
A Dominant gene is a gene that almost always results in a specific physical characteristic, for example, a hereditary disease, even though the patient's genome possesses only one copy. With a dominant gene, the chance of passing on the gene to children is 50-50 in each pregnancy.