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A man has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. His wife and their

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Question

A man has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. His wife and their daughter have the normal number of digits. Remember that extra digits is a dominant trait. What fraction of this couple's children would be expected to have extra digits? A man has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. His wife and their daughter have the normal number of digits. Remember that extra digits is a dominant trait. What fraction of this couple's children would be expected to have extra digits?

Explanation / Answer

If the father is homozygous dominant then the fraction would be 1 I.e all the children have same characteristics as the father.

If the father is hetrozygous dominant then the fraction would be 1/2

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