Mendelian, or single-gene, patterns of inheritance include autosomal dominant and recessive traits that are transmitted from parents to their offspring in a predictable manner. a recessive trait occurs when:

Explanation:

A recessive traits occurs when a particular gene expresses itself in homozygous or heterozygous form and then masking or supressing the effect of the other gene present. The gene been supressed is the recessive genes that control the recessive traits. Its usually in homozygous state but not expressed until segregation and recombination occurs .

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