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In Black Angus cattle, the color black is what type of genetic trait?

recessive
incomplete
dominan
genotype

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Answer:

dominant

Step-by-step explanation:

The "gene" of an organism consists of two alleles. One allele comes from each parent. A genetic trait is said to be "dominant" even if there's only one copy of dominant allele present; however, a genetic trait is said to be "recessive" if there are two recessive alleles present.

In Black Angus cattle, the dominant color is "black." They are even named after their color. The recessive trait is "red." In order for a Black Angus cattle to be red, it needs to have two alleles for the recessive trait (red). However, it is easy for the cattle to be black as long as it has one allele for the dominant trait.

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