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If you inherited one dominant allele for dimples D and one recessive allele for no dimples what will be your genotype

A) Dd
B) dd
D) DD

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The answer is A). Dd

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Answer: The correct answer is-

A) Dd.

Genotype can be described as the genetic makeup of an organism ( which is represented by gene variants that is alleles) that depicts particular morphological form ( trait) of the organism ( such as tall and dwarf plant height).

A dominant trait ( represented by capital letter allele such as 'D' for dimples) always masks the expression of recessive trait ( represented by small letter allele such as 'd' for no dimples).

As per the information given in this question, having dimples is a dominant trait.

Thus, if we inherit one dominant and one recessive allele, the genotype would be Dd ( that is heterozygous dominant).

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