Dominant vs. Recessive

Dominant trait is a type of trait from one of the parents which typically stronger and have bigger chance to be passed to the child. On the other hand, recessive is a trait from the other parents which typically weaker and have less change to be passed to the child.

Here is an example to explain both dominant and recessive. There are two roses that ready to be crossed to produce an offspring. One is a red rose with genotype RR, the other one is a white rose with genotype rr. In this case, red color is dominant toward white and therefore the chance of the offspring has redish color is bigger than whitish color. However, there might be special case in which the two colors could blend in together and form a pink rose with genotype Rr. Here are the pictures of each roses.