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How can two parents with a dominant trait like a widow's peak have a child with a recessive straight hairline?
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Yes, because they can carry the trait from their parents.
You would need to look at the grandparents on both sides. If one grandparent on the maternal and one on paternal side had a widows peak then the parents could both be a carrier to the widow peak gene (wW), meaning they could produce a child with a widows peak. However, if both the maternal and or paternal grandparents lack a widows peak then it is impossible for a grandchild to have a widows peak because both parents would be recessive ww (straight hairline).
When attempting to figure out genetics it is best to observe three generations for family genetic traits. However, when in doubt you should confirm with a paternity test.
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A widow's peak is a V-shaped area of the hairline in the center of the forehead The allele for having a widow's peak is dominant to the allele for not having a widow's peak If two parents do not hav?
None. Since it is dominant, both would have to show it to pass in on. If both show it and both have the recessive (straight), the child would have a 3:1 chance of showing it.
Do Parents with the dominant phenotype cannot have offspring with the recessive phenotypeous for a trait that is?
No. Parents with the dominant phenotype might be heterozygous in their genotype. This means they could carry both the dominant and recessive allele for a trait. So they could both pass the recessive allele to an offspring, who would then have the homozygous recessive genotype and recessive phenotype.
If about 50 percent of the offspring have the dominant phenotype and 50 percent have the recessive phenotype what are the genotype of the parents?
If the phenotype is recessive then the genotype must be dd.
Both parents are heterozygous widows peak is dominant over straight hair what kind of hairline would offspring have?
A dihybrid cross for the parental generation would look as follows: A a A AA Aa a Aa aa Indicating three different genotypes, AA, Aa and aa. These three genotypes would be expressed in two phenotypes: 75% of offspring would express the dominant widow's peak (AA and Aa), while 25% of offspring would express the recessive straight hairline (aa).
What does it mean to be homozygous dominant heterozygous or homozygous recessive?
Homozygous means "same" so a homozygous recessive trait would be a same [with parents] trait that is not the stronger trait which is dominant. Dominant is stronger showing trait, recessive is weaker trait. If you are dealing with Punnett squares then tt is homozygous recessive and TT is homozygous dominant. Hope this helped...
How is Dominant and Recessive differ?
A child inherits a quality if one its parents has the dominant gene for it.With a recessive characteristic, both parents have to have it.
A widow's peak is a V-shaped area of the hairline in the center of the forehead The allele for having a widow's peak is dominant to the allele for not having a widow's peak If two parents do not hav?
None. Since it is dominant, both would have to show it to pass in on. If both show it and both have the recessive (straight), the child would have a 3:1 chance of showing it.
Is it possible to have a dominate recessive trait?
no, because dominant is different from recessive, its impossible to have a dominant-recessive trait because the dominant is when only one copy of the gene is present, while in the recessive a trait that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring, in short the dominant is for single parent, while in the recessive is a product of two parents.
Do Parents with the dominant phenotype cannot have offspring with the recessive phenotypeous for a trait that is?
No. Parents with the dominant phenotype might be heterozygous in their genotype. This means they could carry both the dominant and recessive allele for a trait. So they could both pass the recessive allele to an offspring, who would then have the homozygous recessive genotype and recessive phenotype.
When using a pedigree chart you can distinguish between recessive and dominant traits because?
The two most straight forward ways are: - If both parents have the trait, and one of their children does not, it must be recessive. - If neither parent has the trait, and one of their children does, it must be dominant.
Predict what genotype the children will have if one parent is homozygous recessive for earlobes and homozygous dominant for hairline (eeWW) and the other parent is homozygous dominant for unattached earlobes and homozygous recessive for hairline (EEww )?
The only possible outcome is EeWw, which will express the dominant genes but carry the recessive ones. They get one chromosome from each parent, but since the parents all have matching chromsomes in this case then it doesn't matter which one they get. Since one parent has EE, E is the only one that can be passed on. Since the other has ee, they can only pass on e. Therefore, the child can only possible have Ee, as they get one from each parent.
The probability of a homozygous recessive offspring resulting from a cross between two homozygous dominant individual is?
It depends on the parents. The parent could have two dominant genes which would give a 0% chance of the offspring being recessive. The only way that the offspring could have a recessive characteristic is if the both parents have one dominant and one recessive gene, a 25% chance. The chance that both parents would pass on the recessive gene (if they have one dominant and recessive gene) is also 25%, because there is a 50% chance for each parent.
What is it when an allele is neither dominant nor recessive?
this is called codominance when alleles are neither dominant or recessive.
How can offspring inherit a recessive trait?
An offspring can inherit a recessive trait if both of its parents are homozygous for the dominant allele.
If about 50 percent of the offspring have the dominant phenotype and 50 percent have the recessive phenotype what are the genotype of the parents?
If the phenotype is recessive then the genotype must be dd.
Both parents are heterozygous widows peak is dominant over straight hair what kind of hairline would offspring have?
A dihybrid cross for the parental generation would look as follows: A a A AA Aa a Aa aa Indicating three different genotypes, AA, Aa and aa. These three genotypes would be expressed in two phenotypes: 75% of offspring would express the dominant widow's peak (AA and Aa), while 25% of offspring would express the recessive straight hairline (aa).
What does dominate and recessive mean?
Dominant and Recessive refer to different types of genes a child gains from its parents. In general, a dominant gene overpowers a recessive gene (like more people have brown eyes than blue eyes), but there are some cases where recessive genes are visible on a child over the dominant gene.
