According to the model of Mendelian inheritance, alleles may be dominant or recessive, one allele is inherited

from each parent, and only those who inherit a recessive allele from each parent exhibit the recessive
phenotype. Offspring with either one or two copies of the dominant allele will display the dominant phenotype.

Very few phenotypes are purely Mendelian traits. Common violations of the Mendelian model include
incomplete dominance, codominance, genetic linkage, environmental effects, and quantitative contributions
from a number of genes (see: gene interactions, polygenic inheritance, oligogenic inheritance).[1][2]

OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)[3] is a comprehensive database of human genotype-phenotype

links. Many visible human traits that exhibit high heritability were included in the older McKusick's Mendelian
Inheritance in Man. Before the discovery of genotyping, they were used as genetic markers in medicolegal
practice, including in cases of disputed paternity.

Human traits with probable or uncertain simple inheritance patterns

Dominant Recessive References
[4]
Low heart rate High heart rate
[5][6]
Widow's peak Straight hair line
[7][8]
Facial dimples * No facial dimples
[9]
Ability to taste PTC, "Taster" Unable to taste PTC, "Nontaster"
[7][10][11]
Unattached (free) earlobe Attached earlobe
[12]
Clockwise hair direction (left to right) Counter-Clockwise hair direction (right to left)
[13]
Cleft chin Smooth chin
[7][14]
Freckles No freckles
[10][15]
Wet-type earwax Dry-type earwax
[16]
Roman nose No prominent bridge
[17]
Marfan syndrome Average body proportions and connective tissue
[18]
Huntington's disease No nerve damage
[19]
Normal mucus lining Cystic fibrosis
[20]
Photic sneeze reflex No light-induced sneeze reflex
[16]
Forged chin Receding chin
[21]
White Forelock Dark Forelock
[22]
Ligamentous angustus Ligamentous Laxity
[23]
Ability to eat sugar Galactosemia
[24]
Total leukonychia and Bart pumphrey syndrome Partial leukonychia
[25]
Absence of fish-like body odour Trimethylaminuria
[26]
Primary Hyperhidrosis Little sweating in hands
[27]
Lactase persistence Lactose intolerance
[28]
Prominent chin (V-shaped) Less prominent chin (U-shaped)
[29]
Acne prone Clear complexion