Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780134605173
Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 3P

Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the inability to metabolize galactose, a component of the lactose found in mammalian milk. Galactosemia can be partially managed by eliminating dietary intake of lac-tose and galactose. Amanda is healthy, as are her parents, but her brother Alonzo has galactosemia. Brice has a simi-lar family history. He and his parents are healthy, but his sister Brianna has galactosemia. Amanda and Brice are planning a family and seek genetic counseling. Based on the information provided, complete the following activi-ties and answer the questions.

(a) Draw a pedigree that includes Amanda, Brice, and their siblings and parents. Identify the genotype of each person, using G and g to represent the dominant and recessive alleles, respectively.

(b) What is the probability that Amanda is a carrier of the allele for galactosemia? What is the probability that Brice is a carrier? Explain your reasoning for each answer.

(c) What is the probability that the first child of Amanda and Brice will have galactosemia? Show your work.

(d) If the first child has galactosemia, what is the prob-ability that the second child will have galactosemia? Explain the reasoning for your answer.

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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)

Ch. 2 - 11. Black skin color is dominant to pink skin...Ch. 2 - A male mouse with brown fur color is mated to two...Ch. 2 - 13. Figure 2.12 shows the results of Mendel’s...Ch. 2 - 14. An experienced goldfish breeder receives two...Ch. 2 - 15. The accompanying pedigree shows the...Ch. 2 - 16. A geneticist crosses a pure-breeding strain...Ch. 2 - Suppose an F1 plant from Problem 16 is crossed to...Ch. 2 - 18. In pea plants, the appearance of flowers along...Ch. 2 - 19. If two six-sided dice are rolled, what is the...Ch. 2 - Experimental Insight 2.1 describes data, collected...Ch. 2 - 21. The accompanying pedigree shows the...Ch. 2 - 22. The seeds in bush bean pods are each the...Ch. 2 - List all the different gametes that are possible...Ch. 2 - Organisms with the genotypes AABbCcDd and AaBbCcDd...Ch. 2 - 25. Blue moon beans produce beans that are either...Ch. 2 - In the fruit fly Drosophila, a rudimentary wing...Ch. 2 - In pea plants, plant height, seed shape, and seed...Ch. 2 - A variety of pea plant called Blue Persian...Ch. 2 - 29. In tomato plants, the production of red fruit...Ch. 2 - A male and a female are each heterozygous for both...Ch. 2 - A woman expressing a dominant phenotype is...Ch. 2 - Two parents who are each known to be carriers of...Ch. 2 - 33. An organism having the genotype AaBbCcDdEe is...Ch. 2 - 34. A man and a woman are each heterozygous...Ch. 2 - For a single dice roll, there is a 16 chance that...Ch. 2 - You have four guinea pigs for a genetic study. One...Ch. 2 - 37. Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - Sweet yellow tomatoes with a pear shape bring a...Ch. 2 - A cross between a spicy variety of Capsicum annum...Ch. 2 - Alkaptonuria is an infrequent autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - 41. Humans vary in many ways from one another....Ch. 2 - 42. In chickens, the presence of feathers on the...Ch. 2 - 43. A pure-breeding fruit fly with the...Ch. 2 - 44. Situs inversus is a congenital condition in...Ch. 2 - 45. Domestic dogs evolved from ancestral grey...Ch. 2 - Alleles of the IGF-1 gene in dogs, encoding...Ch. 2 - 47. The accompanying pedigree shows a family in...Ch. 2 - 48. A pea plant that has the genotype RrGgwwdd is...Ch. 2 - Go to the OMIM website...Ch. 2 - Prob. 50PCh. 2 - Prob. 51PCh. 2 - 52. In humans, the ability to bend the thumb...
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