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

Black hair color; it is because gene for black hair color is dominant so it will be expressed and since gene for red hair is repressive so it will be suppressed under the influence of black hair gene.


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