In a dominant-recessive pairing, which of the following genes expresses a person's phenotype?
a. the dominant
b. the recessive
c. the dominant-recessive pairing
d. it is too complicated to know which genes will be expressed
A. In a dominant-recessive pairing, the dominant gene will express itself in a person's phenotype. For example, if you inherited a gene for curly hair from one parent and straight hair from the other, you would have curly hair, because curly hair is dominant and straight hair is recessive.
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a. recovering information from memory stores. b. forming a memory code. c. linking new information to other information. d. maintaining information in memory over time.
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a. are caused b. take place in recurring patterns c. have an existence outside the mind d. can be understood
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