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12. What does it mean to be a recessive allele?
a. Give an example:

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The allele that is not dominant
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The less important allele.. ish. The allele will only "work" (Show up) if there is two recessive allele. And Ressesive allele is always lower case. So rr will show up but Rr wont because there is a dominant allele. Hope this help. :)

Step-by-step explanation:

Blue Eye is recessive allele

Brown eye is dominant allele

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