Dominant and Recessive character
Dominant character | Recessive character | |
1. |
The characters that
are expressed in F1 generation are dominant. |
The characters that are
not expressed in F1 generation are recessive. |
2. |
It is expressed in presence
of dominant as well as recessive allele. e.g. Tt, TT = tall.
|
It is expressed only
when both the recessive alleles of a gene are present. e.g. tt= dwarf
|
3. |
In pea plant, tallness
and red flowers are dominant characters. |
In pea plant, dwarfness
and white flowers are recessive characters. |
4. |
Dominant character can
express in both homozygous as well as heterozygous condition.
|
Recessive character
can be expressed only in homozygous condition. |