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b. If a woman with straight hair and a man with wavy hair have children calculat

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Question

b. If a woman with straight hair and a man with wavy hair have children calculate the percentages of each genotype and phenotype of the offspring form the Punnett square Could a father with type A and a mother with type B blood have a child who has type O blood? Explain your answer. 9. 10. Colorblindness is an X chromosome sex-linked disorder. If a colorblind male mates with a normal vision female a. b. What percentage (if any) of boys would be colorblind? What percentage (if any) of girls would be carriers of the colorblind allele?

Explanation / Answer

9. Yes, these parents can have child with blood type O provided both are heterozygous. If father will be heterozygous with genotype IAIo and mother with lood type B has genotype IBIo, they can have child with blood type O.

Parents: IAIo x IBIo

Offsprings: IAIB (Type AB), IAIo (Type A), IBIo (Type B), IoIo (Type O).