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प्रश्न
The gene for red hair is recessive to the gene for black hair. What will be the hair colour of a person if he inherits a gene for red hair from his mother and a gene for black hair from his father?
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उत्तर
The hair colour of the person will be black because the gene for red hair is recessive compared to black.
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