If You Inherit a Dominant Version of the "Freckles" Gene

question 444

True/False

If you inherit a dominant version of the "freckles" gene, you will have the potential to display freckles. But to be freckle free, you would have to inherit two recessive "no freckles" genes, one from each biological parent.

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