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For the people from Munchkinland, being tall is a dominant trait (A) over being

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Question

For the people from Munchkinland, being tall is a dominant trait (A) over being short (a). Also, having a high squeaky voice is dominant (B) over having a low nasal voice (b). If the Mayor of Munchkin City in the Land of Oz is tall and has a high squeaky voice (heterozygous for both traits) has wee tykes with a Munchkin lady who is also tall (heterozygous) but has a low nasal voice, what are the chances that a child of this crossing would have the following charcateristics? Please include a punnet square.

A) Genotypes AABb

B) Genotype Aabb

C) Tall and low nasal voice

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

AaBb (Mayor of Munchkin) x Aabb(Munchkin lady)

Ab

ab

AB

AABb (Tall, Squeaky)

AaBb(Tall, Squeaky)

Ab

AAbb(Tall, nasal)

Aabb(Tall, nasal)

aB

AaBb(Tall, Squeaky)

aaBb(short, squeaky)

ab

Aabb(Tall, nasal)

aabb(short, nasal)

A) Genotypes AABb: 1/8

B) Genotype Aabb:1/4

C) Tall and low nasal voice =3/8

Ab

ab

AB

AABb (Tall, Squeaky)

AaBb(Tall, Squeaky)

Ab

AAbb(Tall, nasal)

Aabb(Tall, nasal)

aB

AaBb(Tall, Squeaky)

aaBb(short, squeaky)

ab

Aabb(Tall, nasal)

aabb(short, nasal)