Dominant Trait
Dominant trait explained in an easy to understand way:
Imagine you're at a party where a loud band is playing, making it difficult to hear the quieter conversations around you. This situation is similar to a dominant trait in genetics, where one allele's characteristic can overshadow or "mask" the presence of another allele's trait. Just as the band's music overpowers the softer sounds, a dominant allele expresses its trait more prominently, making the recessive allele's trait less noticeable or completely hidden in the organism's phenotype.
Practice Version
Dominant Trait: A trait of an allele that masks the other trait. Dominant trait. In Science, a dominant trait is a characteristic that appears in an organism when at least one dominant allele for that trait is present.