Genetic Traits

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Genetic Traits

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Earlobe

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Some scientists have reported that this trait is due to a single gene for which unattached earlobes is dominant and an attached earlobe is recessive. Other scientists have reported that this trait is probably due to several genes.

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Thumb Extension

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This trait is reportedly due to a single gene; strait thumb is dominant and hitchhiker's thumb is recessive.

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Tongue Rolling

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Tongue rolling ability may be due to a single gene with the ability to roll the tongue a dominant trait and the lack of tongue rolling ability a recessive trait.However, many twins do not share the trait, so it may not be inherited.

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Dimples

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Dimples are reportedly due to a single gene with dimples dominant (people may exibit a dimple on only one side of the face) and a lack of dimples is recessive.

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Handedness

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Some scientists have reported that handedness is due to a single gene with right handedness dominant and left handedness recessive. However, other scientists have reported that the interaction of two genes is responsible for this trait.

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Freckles

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This trait is reportedly due to a single gene’ the presence of freckles is dominant, the absence of freckles is recessive.

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Hair curl

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Early geneticists reported that curly hair was dominant and strait hair was recessive. More recent scientists believe that more than one gene may be involved.

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Allergies