In order for your children to have freckles,both you and your partner must carry the gene for freckles,because having freckles is a ________ trait.
A)polygenic
B)phenotypic
C)recessive
D)dominant

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Freckles are a recessive trait, meaning that an individual must inherit two copies of the gene for freckles to express the trait. If only one copy is inherited, the dominant trait (no freckles) will be expressed. Therefore, both parents must carry at least one copy of the gene for freckles in order for their children to have the possibility of inheriting two copies and expressing the trait. This makes freckles an example of a simple Mendelian trait.

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