Male Pattern Baldness is a sex-linked recesive. A pattern bald man marries a woman homozygous for the normal trait.
a) Create a punnet square for these parents
b) what are the chances taht their sons will inherit teh disease from their fatehr
c) of teh couples grandkids, who woud most likely go bald?

Question

Male Pattern Baldness is a sex-linked recesive. A pattern bald man marries a woman homozygous for the normal trait. 
a) Create a punnet square for these parents
b) what are the chances taht their sons will inherit teh disease from their fatehr
c) of teh couples grandkids, who woud most likely go bald?

turingtest · Answer

a)Let H be normal and h be bald. One bald parent means the genotype (hh). Homozygous (which means two copies of the same genotype) for normal is (HH) a Punnet square for (HH)X(hh) looks like rhis|dw:1322204820618:dw|
b)0%
c)they are all equally likely