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23 May, 10:56

Albinism is inherited as a simple recessive trait. if a woman and her husband are both heterozygous for albinism then what is the probability that their first five children will have these phenotypes? child 1 - albino; child 2 - normal; child 3 - normal; child 4 - albino; child 5 - normal?

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  1. 23 May, 11:18
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    Albinism is recessive trait so you need both genes (homozygous recessive) to develop it. If both of the parent is heterozygous the genotype of the children would be:

    25% homozygous dominant (normal)

    50% heterozygous (normal)

    25% homozygous recessive (albino)

    You can conclude that there is 25% or 1/4 chance of the offspring become albino while 3/4 chance they become normal. Assuming the order of the offspring is important, the chance would be:

    albino * normal * normal * albino * normal = 1/4 * 3/4 * 3/4 * 1/4 * 3/4 = 27/1024
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