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ra 11. In a mating between individuals with the genotypes AIB x 0,0 what percent

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Question

ra 11. In a mating between individuals with the genotypes AIB x 0,0 what percentage of the offspring are expected to have the O blood type? 12.A woman comes to you a genetic counselor and indicates that might be color blind., she just doesn't know. Something about this makes you suspicious, especially since you know that colorblindness is X-linked and thus very rare in women- what is the one question you want to ask her family. 13. You discovery a pre-maturely bald male mouse in your colony. Interested in the possible commercial funding opportunities in male-pattern baldness research. You first task is to understand how this mutation is related to gender. What would you do to distinguish between a gene influenced by gender and one determined by a sex chromosome?

Explanation / Answer

11. 0%. It is because the O allele is recessive and it is dominated by A & B alleles

12. Her fathers status. Because as the color blindness is X Linked disorder and exhibits Criss cross inheritance. Father can only transfer the disease to her daughter

13. By injecting Sex Hormones to premature mice.