dominant trait
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In humans, dark hair is a dominant trait; if one parent contributes a gene for dark hair and the other contributes a gene for light hair, the child will have dark hair.
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A single dominant trait can reshape competition and alter the balance within a species in a short time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
And the pattern of tusklessness in families confirmed the scientists’ hunch: It seems to be a dominant trait, carried by females, that is lethal to males.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Jackassuredness: The dominant trait of that braggart at the bar.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2019
Cross a brown rabbit with a certain type of white rabbit — each colour being a dominant trait — and both spots and stripes can appear in the offspring.
From Nature • Jul. 15, 2018
A sturdy independence was the dominant trait of character, but this independence was converted into a self-enslavement by the narrow range of thought which everywhere prevailed.
From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James
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