If an affected female XLX marries an unaffected male XY, what is the probability of passing the hypertrichosis gene to her offspring? Remember hypertrichosis is an X-linked dominant disease.
If an affected male XLY marries an unaffected female XX, what is the probability of passing the hypertrichosis gene to his offspring?
If an affected female XLX marries an unaffected male XY,
Possible genetic combination of the offsprings taking one gene from male and one from female,
XLX
XLY
XX
XY
Since each type of offspring has equal probability of being born, therefore
P[ Passage of hypertrichosis gene to offspring] = 2/4 = 0.5
.
If an affected male XLY marries an unaffected female XX.
Possible genetic combination of the offsprings taking one gene from male and one from female,
XLX
XLX
XY
XY
Since each type of offspring has equal probability of being born, therefore
P[ Passage of hypertrichosis gene to offspring] = 2/4 = 0.5
If an affected female XLX marries an unaffected male XY, what is the probability of passing the hypertrichosis gene to h...
all XY male offspring will be affected
all female offspring will be affected
half of the offspring will be affected regardless of their
sex
1/4 of the offspring will be affected regardless of their
sex
half of XY male and 1/4 of XX female offspring will be
affected
X-inactivation happens randomly in development of XX humans. If it occurred at the one-cell stage (immediately after fertilization before any cell divisions occur in the embryo), What would be the best prediction...
2 unaffected affected female marries an An offspring male and has Offspring 1 is an female Offspring 2 and 3 are females. Offspring 4 is an female. Offspring 1 marries an male and has an female child. Offspring 4 marries an male and has an male child. < Prev 11 of 23 Next >
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D. 25% orme condition. The male is XX and the female is XY. But X-linked genes have the same effects in mugwumps as in humans. A recessive X-linked allele "n" produces red-green color blindness. The dominant allele "N" produces normal color vision. If a female mugwump with normal color vision mates with a male mugwump, phenotypically normal for color vision but whose mother was color blind, what is the probability that a son from that mating will be color blind?...
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Look carefully at the pedigrees below and:
1) indicate whether the transmission appears autosomal or
sex-linked
2) indicate whether the transmission appears dominant or
recessive
3) provide at least two characteristics for each that support
your conclusion.
In general, the following characteristics suggest (but do not prove) specific inheritance patterns: Autosomal recessive inheritance: -affected individuals can be born to unaffected parents -if both parents are affected, all children are affected -observable effect of relatedness (consanguinity) -horizontal" inheritance: trait appears at...
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