What would be the results in terms of the genotype and phenotype if one parent were heterozygous for the widow’s peak and the other parent were homozygous for a straight hairline?

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A: The discoverer Gregor Mendel has described his three famous laws of inheritance. He inferred about…

Q: assuming independent assortment, what phenotypic ratio would you see if an individual with the…

A: In the given case, the allele 'R' is dominant over 'r' and allele 'G' is dominant over 'g'. If an…

Q: What is a varicosity

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Q: If a colorblind father and a non-colorblind carrier (heterozygote) mother have a daughter and a son,…

A: Colourblindness is an X-linked trait. X-linked traits are essential traits that are determined by…

Q: In 1-3 sentences each define the follwing terms:

A: “Since you have asked multiple questions, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: Suppose that a woman having normal vision and a man  having normal vision have a son who is…

A: Colorblindness is an X linked recessive disorder. It means that for a male to have the disorder,…

Q: What is the difference between Mendels' las of segregation and indepedne assortment?

A: Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics proposed three laws based on his pea plant experiment. The…

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A: Sir Gregor Mendel was a priest and a teacher who did the famous hybridization experiment on garden…

Q: Which is an example of a genotype: brown hair OR brown hair allele?

A: The genes are responsible for the specific characteristics of an organisms. The gene products…

Q: What must be true about the genotypes of parents who have a child who has a dominant trait?

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Q: Assume that attached earlobes is an autosomal recessive trait with 47% penetrance. If one parent is…

A: The Punnett Square is a method for predicting the genotypes of an offspring's prospective offspring…

Q: What percentage of boys, if any, would be a carrier for the color-blind allele?

A: Color blindness is a genetic disorder in which a person is not able to see colors in a normal…

Q: Which of the following apply in the the dihybrid cross of Mendel: a. Three different genotypes and…

A: Option C is correct. Independent assortment. Mendel's experiments were exceptional and were great as…

Q: predict the possiblity of an offspring with a widows peak, a dominant inherited trait affecting the…

A: Answer. An allele can be dominant or recessive. A dominant allele the one which is expressed more…

Q: What must be the genotypes of the parents of a colorblind daughter? Explain. If number 13 marries a…

A: Answer: COLOURBLIND is a X-linked disorder which can be transferred from parents to progeny , the…

Q: How is the number of individuals in the “Expected” column for each phenotype of the Chi-squared…

A: Chi-squared tests are used to determine whether the difference between an observed and expected…

Q: refers to the following pedigree of albinism (an autosomal recessive trait): What are the genotypes…

A: Sir Gregor Mendel was a priest and a teacher who did the famous hybridization experiment on garden…

Q: What would be the phenotypic ratio of this cross?

A: TT      ×        tt Tt   Tt       Tt  Tt

Q: What will be the expected phenotypic class distribution if only two genes are linked?

A: Sir Gregor Mendel was a priest and a teacher who did the famous hybridization experiment on garden…

Q: If a color blind woman is married to a man with normal vision, what are the chances that the…

A: Color blindness is an X-linked recessive disorder, in which a person has decreased the ability to…

Q: When does Mendel’s second law of independent assortment occur? Does it occur during mitosis, meiosis…

A: According to Law of Independent Assortment ,during a dihybrid cross, an assortment of traits (each…

Q: From the BbHh x BbHh dihybrid cross where BB or Bb represented full melanin and bb represented no…

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Q: What does homozygous black mean?

A: in animals like cattle, horses, mice etc, their coat/fur coat is determined by what alleles they…

Q: How would  you set up a punnett square to show how many children of  a mother with brown eyes(B) and…

A: The brown eye colour is dominant over the green eye color trait.Allele for brown eye color: BAllele…

Q: What are the laws of segregation and independent assortment

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Q: If two married individuals had a sibling affected by cystic fibrosis, what are chances that they…

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Q: Johnny has unattached earlobes (a dominant trait) like his father, but his mother has attached…

A: Mendelian inheritance refers to the inheritance of traits controlled by a single gene with two…

Q: The outcome of Mendel’s law of independent assortment is dependent on how chromosomes are arranged…

A: Mendel was a genetician whi studied the contrasting pairs of alleles in Pisum sativum. Based on his…

Q: Both alles in a heterozygous individual contribute to the phenotype

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Q: If a girl has blood type AB and her mother is also AB, what are the genotype(s) and corresponding…

A: Genetics is a branch of science that deals with the study of genes, heredity, and genetic…

Q: what will be the the phenotypical ratio?

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Q: A man and woman are both heterozygous for the recessive allele that causes cystic fibrosis. What is…

A: We all know that cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder that means the genotype of the…

Q: Can you identify with certainty the genotype of a black poodle? A brown poodle?

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Q: What is the % probability of a heterozygous tall pea plant and a short pea plant producing a short…

A: heterozygous pea plant, has two alleles namely T (tall) and t (small). where as small pea plant is…

Q: What would be the expected phenotypes and genotypes of the children when a color blind man marries a…

A: Colorblindness is an X-linked recessive trait. It is more common in males than in females because…

Q: An albino man marries a normally pigmented woman who had an albino mother. What are the possible…

A: Albinism is an autosomal recessive disorder that results in little or no production of a pigment…

Q: what is the true breeding means and what a test cross is?

A: The true breeding means when the organisms produce offspring with the same phenotype as their own.…

Q: What would be the phenotypic and genotypic ratio fo the offspring resulting from a cross between two…

A: Genotype means the genetic nature of the organism. It explains the genetic characteristic of an…

Q: if two carriers of the gene for albinism marry, each of their children has probability 1/4 of being…

A: As 1/4 are albino then 3/4 will be normal or we can say that 3/4 won't have albmino a) (3/4)6 =…

Q: Which poodle could be heterozygous: the one with the black coat or the one with the brown coat?

A: A gene region where there are two distinct alleles present. One normal allele and one mutated…

Q: The percentage chance that the mother described above will give birth to a daughter with mid-digital…

A: The alleles are the alternative forms of a gene that are located on the same locus of a homologous…

Q: When does Mendel’s first law occur of equal segregation occur? Does it occur during mitosis, meiosis…

A: The Law of Equal Segregation is defined as" at the time of gamete arrangement, the two alleles at a…

Q: Identify the phenotype for each number represented in the 3:1 ratio.

A: The cross is a mono hybrid cross where only one character is considered. Dominant character is…

Q: Which blood type phenotypes (A, B, AB, and/or O) provide anunambiguous genotype? Is it possible for…

A: Blood type refers to the classification of blood based on the presence and absence of certain…

Q: What is a cross between two parent having one pair of contrasting character called.

A: The genetic crosses are performed to study the inheritance pattern of specific traits. The crosses…

Q: phenotypic ratio would result?

A: Given:  For P gene, rr = rose shaped comb For R gene, pp = pea shaped comb PR = walnut shaped comb…

Q: What is the probability that the sister with normal coloration is a carrierof the albinism allele?

A: Albinism is a congenital disorder characterized in humans by the complete or partial absence of…

Q: Which is an example of a phenotype: brown hair OR brown hair allele?

A: Phenotype is the general appearance of an organism and the genotype is the presence of gene.genes…

Q: Frank and Susan both have freckles but they're firstborn son Lawrence does not demonstrate the…

A: The phenomenon of inheritance involves genotypes and phenotypes. The genotype of an organism…

Q: Which types of offspring are found in excess in the F2 generation, based on Mendel’s law of…

A: The process of transmission of characters and traits from the preceding generation to the successive…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.