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In humans, attached earlobes are recessive to free earlobes. A king who attached

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Question

In humans, attached earlobes are recessive to free earlobes. A king who attached earlobes has two wives. Wife 1 attached earlobes and wife 3 has free earlobes; both wives have babies at the same time. The hospital burns down; both wives and babies are saved but all records are lost, and nobody knows which baby belongs to which wife. Baby A has attached earlobes and Baby B has free earlobes. Match the babies with the wives. The next year the wives have babies again, and again the hospital burns. This time both babies have free earlobes. Which wife is in danger of losing her head:. Show all Punnett Squares

Explanation / Answer

Free earlobes is dominant----------------F

attached is recessive.-------------------f

Wife 1 attached earlobes--------- genotype ---------ff

wife 2 has free earlobes------------genotype ------------Ff,FF

A king who attached earlobes--------------- genotype ---------ff

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KING         ff          x     ff     Wife 1

gametes

f

f

f

ff

ff

f

ff

ff

ALL OFFSPRINGS ARE attached EAR LOBES

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KING         ff          x     Ff     Wife 2

gametes

F

f

f

Ff

ff

f

Ff

ff

HALF OFFSPRINGS ARE attached EAR LOBES

HALF OFFSPRINGS ARE FREE EAR LOBES

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KING         ff          x     FF   Wife 2

gametes

F

F

f

Ff

Ff

f

Ff

Ff

ALL OFFSPRINGS ARE FREE EAR LOBES

Baby A has attached earlobes –WIFE 1

and Baby B has free earlobes.-------------WIFE 2

gametes

f

f

f

ff

ff

f

ff

ff