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 is located in the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Atlantic to the east and Pacific by the west. It is also bordered by the continent of South America t â¦ o the south, and Asia is just miles away in the northwest.orth America, obviously, is t â¦ he northerly one of the two continents. South America is the name of the other continent. The Americas are both located in the Western Hemisphere. For the most part, they lie between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, with the Arctic Ocean to the north.