Use the following information to answer the questions below. A woman and her spo
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Question
Use the following information to answer the questions below. A woman and her spouse both show the phenotype for normal pigmentation, but both have one parent who was an albino. Albanism is an autosomal (not sex linked) recessive trait!?
47. What is the probability that their first child will be an albino?
A) 100% B) 75% C) 50% D) 25% E) 0%
48. If their first two children have normal pigmentation, what is the probability that their third child will be an albino?
A) 100% B) 75% C) 50% D) 25% E) 0%
49. What is the probability that their fourth child will have a homozygous genotype?
A) 100% B) 75% C) 50% D) 25% E) 0%
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50. A recessive allele is
A. expressed only in the absence of a dominant allele B. represented by lowercase (a, b for example) letters
C. expressed in a heterozygous condition D. Both A & B E. All of the above
Explanation / Answer
47.C 48.B 49.B 50.D