alleryStart learning →Which description matches a dominant trait?
AIt shows only when two copies are present
BIt shows only in the second filial generation
CIt is inherited unchanged in a hybridization
DIt is blended with the contrasting trait shown
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It is inherited unchanged in a hybridization
1. Mendel split the characteristics into expressed and latent traits.
2. Dominant traits are those inherited unchanged in a hybridization.
3. Needing two copies to show describes the recessive trait instead.
4. Blending is exactly what Mendel's results ruled out.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 "Mendel's Experiments and Heredity", section 12.1 Mendel's Experiments and the Laws of Probability_
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