Codominance Occurs When

question 71

Multiple Choice

Codominance occurs when:

• A)both of the alleles in a heterozygote are expressed phenotypically in an individual.
• B)expression of two different alleles alternates from one generation to the next.
• C)a heterozygote expresses an intermediate phenotype.
• D)offspring exhibit several different phenotypic expressions of a single trait.

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Definitions:

Converted

A state of being changed from one form, function, or use to another, often referring to energy conversion, religious conversion, or data format transformation.

Transfer RNA

A type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during protein synthesis.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid, the building blocks of proteins.

Ribosomes

Cellular structures where protein synthesis occurs, reading mRNA to assemble amino acids into polypeptide chains.