What do you think it is possible to accurately predict the sex of a particular offspring?

Answer 1

"Mendel, through his study of plant reproduction, concluded that typically two genes (or alleles) were responsible for the way in which a particular characteristic was expressed in the organism's phenotype. He also realized that within these two alleles, there was both a dominant and a recessive trait. A dominant trait, such as a widow's peak, is expressed whether the two alleles are both a dominant trait or whether one is dominant and one is recessive. However, for a recessive trait to be expressed in the offspring, it is essential that both alleles be recessive.

One way to determine the probability of a child having a certain set of traits is by using a Punnett square. Created by Reginald Punnett, it allows a person to tell the probability of certain traits by crossing one set of genes from the father with one set of genes from the mother. This gives an indication of what sort of phenotypes the offspring will posses. Ironically, it is not always the dominant trait that is most expressed in the human population. The allele for Huntington's disease is one example of a dominant trait that is not frequently expressed in the population"

Ha! I have no freaking idea if this is even right, when it comes to science, Im just as clueless as you are!

Answer 2

No, it is not possible to accurately predict the sex of a particular offspring with 100% certainty. While there are methods like genetic testing or ultrasound that can provide probabilities, these are not foolproof and there is always a margin of error.

Answer 3

It is not possible to predict the sex of one individual offspring because since men have XY chromosomes, there is always a 50% chance that the offspring will be either a boy or a girl.

Answer 4

I don't think its actually possible. I mean men have XY chromosomes and the female have XX so it can be a 50/50 chance. It can be male or female.