Eli5 : Why do some genes (like skin color) mix and shade upon inheritance while some don’t (like eye color) ?

Question

Eli5 : Why do some genes (like skin color) mix and shade upon inheritance while some don’t (like eye color) ?

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Answer 1

In middle school biology you would have learned about dominant and recessive traits. Dominant traits take priority over recessive traits.

In high school biology, there’s also “codominant” traits, ones that don’t take precedence. Those are the traits that mix.