Hillary is 8 years old and has neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, also known as Batten disease. It is autosomal recessive and always affects children before the age of 2. Her parents are not affected. Her younger brother Jaden, age six, is unaffected. What is the probability that Jaden is homozygous dominant for this trait? Be sure to construct a pedigree and punnet squate to defend your answer. (Please label your pedigree to show the name of each individual, or write in mom and dad )

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Inheritance and Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain biological inheritance that follows the rules and principles laid down by Gregor Mendel in 1865. The initial hypothesis was considered wrong, but other inheritance theories modified the concept of inheritance and thus genetics.