All the offspring of a cross between a black-eyed MendAlien and an orange-eyed MendAlien have black eyes. This means that the allele for black eyes is ________ the allele for orange eyes.

A) codominant to
B) recessive to
C) more aggressive than
D) dominant to
E) better than


Ans: D) dominant to

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