CASE STUDY GIVEN THIS SCENARIO: Mr. and Mrs. Reyes died in a tragic accident when they went to a private island for a vacation. Authorities found that they have a lot of money in the bank and bought treasury bills in the stock market. The couple is known to have a son, from whom they are estranged. This man is the sole heir to the Reyes’ fortune. Five men showed up, each claiming to be the couple’s long-lost son who ran away after a misunderstanding with his father. You are called in as a genetics expert to decide who the rightful heir is. You will need to develop a Punnett square based on the genotype of the deceased to eliminate the imposters. A successful result will identify the true heir.   Mr. Reyes  Heterozygous free earlobes and homozygous brown-eyed Mrs. Reyes Heterozygous free earlobes and heterozygous brown-eyed Manuel Homozygous brown-eyed and attached earlobes Rey Homozygous free earlobes and black-eyed Oscar  Heterozygous free earlobes and homozygous brown-eyed Ramon Heterozygous free earlobes and heterozygous brown-eyed Alex Homozygous free earlobes and black-eyed Which men can be eliminated by these traits? Explain your reasoning for each man.

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Mr. and Mrs. Reyes died in a tragic accident when they went to a private island for a vacation. Authorities found that they have a lot of money in the bank and bought treasury bills in the stock market. The couple is known to have a son, from whom they are estranged. This man is the sole heir to the Reyes’ fortune. Five men showed up, each claiming to be the couple’s long-lost son who ran away after a misunderstanding with his father. You are called in as a genetics expert to decide who the rightful heir is. You will need to develop a Punnett square based on the genotype of the deceased to eliminate the imposters. A successful result will identify the true heir.

 

Mr. Reyes  Heterozygous free earlobes and homozygous brown-eyed
Mrs. Reyes Heterozygous free earlobes and heterozygous brown-eyed
Manuel Homozygous brown-eyed and attached earlobes
Rey Homozygous free earlobes and black-eyed
Oscar 

Heterozygous free earlobes and homozygous brown-eyed

Ramon Heterozygous free earlobes and heterozygous brown-eyed
Alex Homozygous free earlobes and black-eyed

Which men can be eliminated by these traits? Explain your reasoning for each man. 

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