Question

“R” represents the allele for typical pigmentation and “r” represents the allele for albinism. Which allele pair results in albinism?

A
RR

B
Rr

C
rr

Answer 1

Answer:

In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant (allele) of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome.[1][2] The first variant is termed dominant and the second recessive. This state of having two different variants of the same gene on each chromosome is originally caused by a mutation in one of the genes, either new (de novo) or inherited. The terms autosomal