Nixon is the transferred use of an English surname. The surname originated as a patronymic one (i.e., passed from the fatherâs personal name).eeing Nixon on the U.S. naming charts was a surprise to us. After all, Richard Milhous Nixon left the office of the U.S. Presidency in a shroud of shame.
Definition of Dominant Trait. Before we can define exactly what a dominant trait is, we must first define and discuss many genetics terms. A gene, or unit of heredity, can have many different versions called alleles. There are often two kinds of alleles: 1  Dominant allele: masks the effects of another allele; designated by an uppercase letter.
Dominant means that one of the versions trumps the other. In our example here, brown is dominant over blue so you end up with brown eyes. The way people write out dominant and recessive traits is the dominant one gets a capital letter and the recessive one a lower case letter.So for eye color, brown is B and blue is b.ominant means that one of the versions trumps the other. In our example here, brown is dominant over blue so you end up with brown eyes. The way people write out dominant and recessive traits is the dominant one gets a capital letter and the recessive one a lower case letter.