Biology - Study Guide
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ISBN: 9780321501561
Author: Martha R. Taylor
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 14, Problem 14TYK
In humans, earwax can be wet or dry. The form of earwax is determined by a single gene, and the “wet” allele (W) is dominant to the “dry” allele (w). A woman and her mother both have wet earwax, but her father has dry earwax. Her partner is a man whose parents both had dry earwax. What are the genotypes of the woman and the man, respectively?
- a. Ww, ww
- b. ww, Ww
- c. Ww, Ww
- d. ww, ww
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