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A dominant allele could be right handedness, or a straight hairline. A recessive allele could be freckles, a widows peak, clef chin, or left handedness.
50 % the punnet square should result in Ww, and ww. there is a 50% chance that one person will receive the dominant trait, Widows peak, and 50% that one will get straight
Widow's peak is a V-shaped point in the middle of the hairline (above the forehead) ((:
A widows peak, as it relates to hair, refers to the scalp hair around the forehead coming to a "V" at the center of the forehead.
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.
No, a widows peak is when the front of your hair is in a V shape, receding hairlines create "widow's peak"
Yes to the first one, no to the second one. Firstly, widow's peak is caused by a dominant gene while a straight hairline is caused by a recessive gene. Let 'H' be dominant and 'h' be recessive. So for a dominant gene, the trait still will be expressed whether the genotype of the person is homozygous dominant(HH) or heterozygous(Hh). For a recessive gene however, the trait will only be expressed when the genotype of the person is homozygous recessive (hh). So two people with a widow's peak CAN have a child with a stright hairline, provided both of their genotypes are Hh. This is because by crossing their genotypes, they can have a possibility of having child with the genotype HH(widow's peak), Hh(widow's peak), and also hh(straight hairline). The ratio of these three possibilities however, are 1:2:1. So the odds of having a child with a straight hairline in this case is 1:3. If the two people who have widow's peak have the genotype HH or one of them HH and the other Hh, then the possibility of having a child with a straight hairline is 0. This is because by crossing their genotypes together, the genotype of the child will either be HH for the first case, and HH or Hh for the second case. For two people who have a straight hairline, the genotype of both will definitely be homozygous recessive (hh), thus child will definitely have the recessive gene. Therefore, it is not possible for two people with straight hairline to have a child with widow's peak.
I'm not sure. But widows peak is the little v-shaped hair part coming down on someone hairline. Although not everyone has one I'm pretty sure you mean a widow's peak, which is a dominant gene that gives you a peak of hair on your hairline on your forehead. It sometimes gives a slightly vampirish look to people. It also can be exaggerated by hair loss.
Because you are born with a "widows peak" at front/central of forehead.
There are two locations for Widows Peak in the world. The first is located in London, England. The second is located in California, USA. Widows Peak is also a name for the V-shaped hairline that some people have.
People with Widow's Peaks aren't different in any way except that their hairline is different
Widow's peak is hair growing down to a point on the forehead-like Dracula hair is depicted. Cow lick is slicked down bangs across the forehead.