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Re:The heritability of fertility makes world population stab... by pas on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:53AM (#20361206)
> It’s at above 99% homozygotes.

Meanin 99% of people who have this allele (trait) have two set of the corresponding gene/genes.

Okay, but is lactose tolerance a dominant allele?

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Re:The heritability of fertility makes world population stab... by qualmer on Friday July 05, 2019 @06:37AM (#20361429)
Yes, lactose tolerance means you have functioning enzyme. That makes it a dominant allele.
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Re:The heritability of fertility makes world population stab... by lotsofpulp on Friday July 05, 2019 @10:11AM (#20362621)
That's not how it works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_(genetics)

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