Midphalangeal hair (hair on top of the middlesegment of the fingers) is a common phenotypecaused by a dominant allele M. Homozygotes forthe recessive allele (mm) lack hair on the middlesegment of their fingers. Among 1000 families inwhich both parents had midphalangeal hair, 1853children showed the trait while 209 children did not.Explain this result

Midphalangeal hair (hair on top of the middlesegment of the fingers) is a common phenotypecaused by a dominant allele M. Homozygotes forthe recessive allele (mm) lack hair on the middlesegment of their fingers. Among 1000 families inwhich both parents had midphalangeal hair, 1853children showed the trait while 209 children did not.Explain this result

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter5: The Inheritance Of Complex Traits

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17QP: Monozygotic (MZ) twins have a concordance value of 44% for a specific trait, whereas dizygotic twins...

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