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Old Feb 24, 2008, 06:55 AM
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Dominant and Recessive

My father has facial hair, but he doesn't have a complete beard. He grew a lot of facial hair around the upper lip and chin area, but didn't grow much around the cheek area. So, I am wondering if I (his son) will have more facial hair or less facial hair?

Is more facial hair dominant or recessive?

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Old Feb 26, 2008, 04:09 AM   #2  
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It's a polygenic trait, meaning more than one gene controls the phenotype (what happens). Therefore it could go either way.

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Capuchin agrees: That was how I was tempted to answer. Good job :)
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