A recessive trait is a trait that is expressed when an organism has two recessive alleles, or forms of a gene. Every organism that organizes its DNA into chromosomes has two alleles for a trait, one from their mother and one from their father. Alleles can be dominant or recessive.
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A recessive trait is a trait that is expressed when an organism has two recessive alleles, or forms of a gene. Every organism that organizes its DNA into chromosomes has two alleles for a trait, one from their mother and one from their father. Alleles can be dominant or recessive.