Question

distinguish between the following

Answer 1

Explanation:

DISTINGUISH BETWEEN

ALLELE AND GENE

ALLELE:

● alleles are different variants of a gene.

● ALLELE are responsible for diverse features of a given trait

● an individual contains a pair of alleles for a particular gene which may be homozygotes, herterozygotes, dominate or recessive.

● examples black brown blue or green eyes colour

GENE:

● A gene is a short sequence of DNA encoding for certain trait

● genes determine traits in an individual

● a gene can have many different alleles

● examples skin,hair or eye colour.

difference between dominant and recessive traits

dominant traits or always expressed when the connected ALLELE is dominant, even if only one copy of the dominant trait exists .

recessive trait or express onely if both the connected ALLELES are recessive. if one of the alleles is dominant then the associated Characteristics is less likely to manifest