Question

In humans, having wet earwax is a dominant trait. Having dry earwax is recessive. A Man has two recessive alleles. What is his phenotype ?

Answer 1

Dry earwax obviously. As both are recessive the later will be expressed

Answer 2

Correct answer is :Wet earwax.

What is allele?

An allele that expresses its phenotype like characteristic at the instant its paired allele are the same.

Synonyms: recessive

Type of allele,: allelomorphs are either of a pair or alternately series of alternative forms of a gene that can accommodate the same locus on a  chromosome and that control character.

Recessive and dominant alleles:  Genes have different forms called alleles.

An allele can be either recessive type or dominant one.

A recessive allele only revealed in case the individual has two copies of the recessive allele.

What is Phenotype?

The phenotype is all the observable characteristics of an organism that is produced by the interaction of its total genetic inheritance with the environment.

Observable characteristics include behavior, biochemical properties, colour, etc.