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Which of the Following Statements Are True of Dominant-Recessive Inheritance

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Which of the following statements are true of dominant-recessive inheritance? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)


A) A heterozygous offspring will have the dominant characteristic in the phenotype.
B) A homozygous offspring will have the recessive characteristic in the phenotype.
C) If a recessive trait does not appear in a family for two generations,the gene for it is no longer present.
D) If Mom and Dad both have blue eyes,the chance for a child of theirs to have brown eyes is only 50%.
E) If Mom and Dad both have brown eyes,the chance for a child of theirs to have blue eyes is 50%.
F) A trait is considered dominant when it is more common (frequent) in a population than its recessive counterpart.

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