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37. Nonred hair is dominant over red hair. A brown haired man whose father had r

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Question

37. Nonred hair is dominant over red hair. A brown haired man whose father had red hair marries a woman with red hair. a. What is the chance that their first child will have red hair? b. Their second child? c. Their third child? d. All three children? 38. Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disease. A normal man marries a normal woman. They have a child with hemophilia. Give the genotypes of all three and the sex of the child. 39. A woman whose father was a hemophiliac but who herself is not a bleeder. marries a normal man. What are the chances of hemophilia in their children?

Explanation / Answer

Q38).

Man genotype-XHY (H-normal gene, h-hemophilic gene )

Woman genotype-XHXh (carrier)

Hemophilic child genotype-XhY

Q39). The woman must be the carrier. When she marries normal man, 25% (50% male child) of their children have hemophilia.

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