The name of the gene pair that consists of a dominant and recessive allele, i.e. (Xx) will be a heterozygous allele. In this situation, the characteristics of the dominant characteristic will mask that of the recessive allele. People have have a heterozygous genotype may be carriers for diseases that reside on the recessive allele.
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Having a gene pair with two dominant alleles means that both alleles are expressing themselves over the recessive alleles, leading to a dominant trait. Conversely, having two recessive alleles means that the trait will be recessive. This situation is known as homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive, respectively.
A gene pair that consists of two dominant alleles is called homozygous dominant, and a gene pair that consists of two recessive alleles is called homozygous recessive.
A gene pair that consists of 2 dominant or 2 recessive alleles is considered homozygous dominant or homozygous recessive.
An organism that has a dominant and recessive allele is called Heterozygote, or heterozygous.
Actually, gene pairs can consist of two dominant alleles, two recessive alleles, or one dominant and one recessive allele. The combination of alleles in a gene pair determines the specific trait expressed by an individual.
A gene or allele may take a dominant form, or a recessive form. If the allele is recessive, the characteristic which is coded for will be exhibited only if both the gene from the male and the gene from the female is recessive. Only one copy of a dominant allele is required to cause expression of the dominant characteristic
Then you will have two copies of the same gene, a condition known as having identical alleles. If the particular gene is recessive (such as for blue eyes) this is the only way it will be able to express itself.
TT, Tt, and tt are genotypes that represent combinations of alleles for a specific gene. In this case, T represents the dominant allele and t represents the recessive allele. TT represents a homozygous dominant genotype, Tt represents a heterozygous genotype, and tt represents a homozygous recessive genotype.
The different forms of a genes for a single trait are known as alleles there can be a dominate allele which always shows up when present and a recessive allele which only shows up when both alleles are recessive or there is no dominate allele