I'm really struggling with this genetics concept, I figured if someone could walk me through the steps of these practice questions, it could help me to learn this. How do I set up the punnett squares for these and ratios?
1) In cats the genotype (BB) is black. Bb is tortoise shell, and bb is yellow. The gene is on the X chromosome. A tortoise shell female is crossed with a black male. What offspring would be expected? Would you normally expect to find any tortoise shell males?
2) Occasionally a tortoise shell male is found, and when found in sterile. Suggest an explanation for the occurrence of tortoise shell males.
3) A couple with a newborn baby are troubled that the child does not appear to resemble either of them. Suspecting that a mix up occurred at the hospital, they check the blood type of the infant. The baby has type (O) blood. Because the father is type (A), and the mother is type (B), they conclude that a mistake must have been made. Are they correct?
2007-04-01
07:47:26
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Kris S
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