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Chapter 11, Problem 3TYU
A man has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. His wife and their daughter have the normal number of digits, Remember that extra digits is a dominant trait. What fraction of this couple's children would be expected to have extra digits?
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Campbell Biology in Focus, Books a la Carte Edition; Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText - ValuePack Access Card - for Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
Ch. 11.1 - DRAW IT Pea plants heterozygous for flower...Ch. 11.1 - List all gametes that could be made by a pea plant...Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 11.2 - For any gene with a dominant allele A and...Ch. 11.2 - Two organisms, with genotypes BbDD and BBDd, are...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 11.3 - Incomplete dominance and epistasis are both terms...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 11.3 - WHAT IF? A rooster with gray feathers and a hen of...Ch. 11.4 - Beth and Tom each have a sibling with cystic...
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