But genome-wide studies have yet to locate any specific dominant or
recessive gene responsible.
Dr Voas, who works in the Department of Sociological Studies and has written a paper on the subject, said: 'Religion is being passed down like a
recessive gene, it does not generally appear in the new generation unless the parents match.
It generally is agreed that the
recessive gene responsible for sickle cell anemia evolved as an adaptive response to malaria.
They determined that BLAD was caused by a genetic defect - that calves born with two copies of the
recessive gene were, in effect, programmed at birth to die - on average, within 7 months - from pneumonia, diarrhea, or other common ailments.
Al Gayar was diagnosed with Familial Mediterranean fever at the age of six, a rare condition that requires both parents to have the
recessive gene.
Red hair is caused by a
recessive gene on chromosome 16 and has high levels of pigment pheomelanin.
In Scotland up to 13% of the population has red hair, but around 40% of the population is thought to carry the
recessive gene responsible for the world's rarest natural hair colour.
The white lions are not albino u their hair and skin pigmentation is caused by the presence of a
recessive gene known as chinchilla u colour inhibitor.
JEDDAH: A recent study conducted by the fourth-year medical students at the King Abdulaziz University (KAU) suggests a general lack of awareness about the importance of premarital tests and how they help reduce the incidence of
recessive gene disorders, such as thalassemia.
Thus, in the case of linked autosomal
recessive gene traits, F1 heterozygous males can only produce two types of gametes (the parental types) instead of the four types expected if recombination occurred (two parental types and two recombinant types).
A It sounds like an albino fox - when two parents carry the
recessive gene for albinism, some offspring do not produce the skin pigment melanin, resulting in white fur and red eyes.
Everyone was pretty sure the semi-lethal
recessive gene responsible lingered in the Danish pigs.
recessive gene - gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical; "the recessive gene for blue eyes"