Dominance in genetics is a relationship between alleles of one gene, in which the effect on phenotype of one allele masks the contribution of a second allele at the same locus. The first allele is dominant and the second allele is recessive. For genes on an autosome, the alleles and their associated traits are autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive. Dominance is a key concept in Mendelian inheritance and classical genetics. Often the dominant allele codes for a functional protein whereas the
No Oceans are surrounded by North America however the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans surround North America. Also, the Hudson Bay is partially surrounded by North America. It is â¦ a Bay, however, not an ocean. Y'all missed one. The Gulf of Mexico also surrounds NA.
North America, the third largest continent, is situated in Earth's northern and western hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean on the borth, the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, the Caribbean Sea on the southeast and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean. North America covers about 4.8 percent of the planet's surface and about 16.5 percent of its land area. North America contains the countries of Mexico, United States of America, Canada, Greenland and Cuba as well as the island of Hawaii which is a part of the United States.