Question 1 Two African American athletes at The University of Denver in Colorado

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Question 1 Two African American athletes at The University of Denver in Colorado plan to marry but are informed that their NCAA required genetic test for the sickle cells trait revealed they both are carriers. Because neither has experienced the symptoms of the sickle cell trait during strenuous exercise as would be expected, they decide to have their entire genome sequenced and analyzed. The analysis reveals they are carriers for the sickle cell trait (Aa). In addition, they are both heterozygous for four other traits that work together to improve the function of hemoglobin. Consider the following cross between two individuals. All allele pairs show complete dominance. Show your work for each question. Parent #1 AaBbCcDdEex AaBbCcDdEe Parent #2 a. How many different gamete types will each of the two parents produce? (10 pts) 1. Show your calculation. 2 32 2 32 2. Using the Mendelian genetic terms Alleles, Segregation, and gametes explain why you performed the procedure or mathematical operations you performed to get your answer

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1. The answer is 2^N. Where N = No of heterozygous alleles.
N = 5, so the answer is 2^5 = 32.

2. When the alleles are in homozygous in condition, they produces same type of gametes. When those in heterozygous in condition accroding to law of segregation one allele enter in to one gamete. so, from heterozygous one we can observed two different gametes. Hence the answer is 2^N.

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