Question

individuals) dominant or recessive?

Explanation:

To determine if the trait is dominant or recessive, we analyze the pedigree. In a recessive trait, carriers (unaffected with the trait but have the allele) can have affected offspring, and affected individuals often have unaffected parents (who are carriers). Here, we see that there are generations where unaffected parents (white symbols) have affected children (black symbols). This fits the pattern of a recessive trait, as dominant traits would typically show affected individuals with at least one affected parent (or dominant inheritance patterns like affected individuals in every generation if dominant). Since there are unaffected parents producing affected offspring, the trait is recessive.

Answer:

recessive