Which term matches the meaning 'Not dominant'?

Which term matches the meaning 'Not dominant'?

• A. Rationale
• B. Recessive
• C. Site
• D. Prognosis

Answer: (B)

Not dominant describes how alleles express themselves in genetics. A recessive allele is the one that only shows up when two copies are present and there isn’t a dominant allele masking it. So the term that matches this meaning is recessive. Rationale means the reasoning behind something, site is a location, and prognosis is the expected course of a disease—none of these relate to how traits are inherited as dominant or recessive.

Not dominant describes how alleles express themselves in genetics. A recessive allele is the one that only shows up when two copies are present and there isn’t a dominant allele masking it. So the term that matches this meaning is recessive. Rationale means the reasoning behind something, site is a location, and prognosis is the expected course of a disease—none of these relate to how traits are inherited as dominant or recessive.