About half of cases are inherited from a parent as an autosomal dominant trait.

The spotting became a dominant trait in the offspring, and the beginnings of a new breed emerged.

Lactase persistence behaves as a dominant trait because half levels of lactase activity are sufficient to show significant digestion of lactose.

Dominant traits of the organizational design include a determined effort to make operating work routine, simple and repetitive and to standardize work processes.

Incomplete dominant traits differ from recessive traits, which are only visible in the homozygous state, and simple dominant traits, which are just as visible in the homozygous or heterozygous state.