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Red-green color blindness is due to an X-linked recessive allele in humans. A widow’s peak (a...

Red-green color blindness is due to an X-linked recessive allele in humans. A widow’s peak (a hairline that comes to a peak in the middle of the forehead) is due to an autosomal dominant allele.

Consider the following family history:

  • A man with a widow’s peak and normal color vision marries a color-blind woman with a straight hairline.

  • The man’s father had a straight hairline, as did both of the woman’s parents.

Use the family history to make predictions about the couple’s children.

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1. If the couple has a child, what is the chance that it will be a son with a widow's peak?

2. What is the chance that any son the couple has will be color blind with a straight hairline?

3. What is the chance that any daughter the couple has will be colorblind with a widow's peak?

4. Suppose the couple had a daughter with normal color vision and a widow's peak. What is the chance that she is heterozygous for both genes?

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1.If the couple has a child, the chance that it will be a son with a widow’s peak = 1/4.

2.The chance that any son the couple has will be colour blind with a straight hairline = 1/2.

3.The chance that any daughter that the couple has will be colour blind with a widow’s peak = 0.

4.If the couple had a daughter with normal colour vision and a widow’s peak,the chance that she is heterozygous for both gene =1.

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