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how do we represent dominant and recessive alleles?
a) both in uppercase
b) lowercase letters for dominant, capital letters for recessive alleles
c) capital letters for dominant, lowercase letters for recessive alleles
d) both in lowercase letters
In genetics, it is a standard convention to represent dominant alleles with capital letters and recessive alleles with lowercase letters. This helps in clearly distinguishing between the two types of alleles in genetic crosses and pedigree - analysis.
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C. Capital letters for dominant, lowercase letters for recessive alleles