Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 19P
Your friend is pregnant with triplets. She thinks that it is equally likely that she will be the mother of 3 sons, 3 daughters, 2 sons and 1 daughter, or 1 son and 2 daughters. Is she correct? Explain. (Assume that each of the triplets is from a separate fertilization, and that boys and girls are equally likely.)
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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