Does a dominant trait mean it is the most common trait? Why or why not?

Answer:

Yes dominant does mean the most common trait, but I think it would be better to say "more common" than most because there are only 2 types of traits, dominant and recessive. The dominant trait is more common because it appears more often in a population and dominates a recessive trait when appearing next to it.

Allow me to explain it regarding alleles.

When you have one trait, there are 2 types of alleles involved, the capital letter (dominant) and the lowercase letter (recessive). In this case, let's say our trait is height and we'll use the letter H as our allele character.

There are three types of traits you can create with alleles.

• HH (which is purebreed dominant)
• Hh (which is heterozygous dominant)
• hh (which is purebreed recessive).

Notice how with the Hh, the trait is still dominant. This is because dominant alleles always hide the recessive alleles when paired with them. This causes a higher percentage of dominant-led traits and is the reason why they are so much more common and are the "most common" of the two total traits involved.

Answer:

What the person said above and,

Dominant traits are the most common traits in a population. When people hear the word “dominant”, often they incorrectly believe that the majority of the population expresses this trait. Describing a trait as dominant does not mean it is the most common; it means that it is expressed over the recessive trait.

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