Understanding Mendelian Genetic Heredity

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• Understanding Mendelian genetic heredity.

  5129 Understanding Mendelian genetic heredity. When a pea plant of genotype Aa Bb produces gametes, what proportion will be Ab? (Assume that the two genes are independent) (a) 3/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 9/16 (d) none (e) 1/4 1/4

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• Understanding Mendelian heredity.

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• Understanding Mendelian heredity.

  5128 Understanding Mendelian heredity. Huntington's chorea is a rare, fatal disease that usually develops in middle age. It is caused by a dominant allele.

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  5126 Understanding Mendelian analysis and heredity. Holstein cattle are normally black and white. A superb black and white bull, Nick, was purchased by a farmer for $100 000. The progeny sired by Nick were all normal in appearance.

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• Understanding Mendelian heredity.

  Hence, the total proportion of affected children is [(1/2x3/16)+(1/2x3/16)+(1/16)]/(7/17)=(4/16)/(7/16)=4/7 Mendelian heredity is explained.

• DNA is molecule of heredity

  Learning about the history and the discovery of DNA is important for understanding DNA as the molecule of heredity because it allows one to understand the scientific methods and thinking behind the discovery.