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Are additive genes dominant or recessive? Or neither?

Are additive genes dominant or recessive? Or neither?

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Additive genes have dominant and recessive alleles.
No, there is no dominant or recessive in additive genes. It is the expression of a trait where there is no homozygote (which is dominant or recessive gene) present. In flowers, if you cross a red flower with a white flower, you could get a pink flower, which would be the additive gene.meaning the expression of the two non-dominant allele would show up. If the red flower had been dominant, 3 of the 4 flowers would have simply been red, and one white. Hope this helps.

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