A "widow's peak" hairline in humans is coded by the dominant

allele W. A straight hairline is coded by the recessive allele w. A

man with a homozygous dominant WWproduces a zygote with a

woman with a heterozygous dominant Ww for the trait. Which

allele combinations could occur in the zygote?

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Biology

Justin Hammond

26 June, 02:09

A "widow's peak" hairline in humans is coded by the dominant

allele W. A straight hairline is coded by the recessive allele w. A

man with a homozygous dominant WWproduces a zygote with a

woman with a heterozygous dominant Ww for the trait. Which

allele combinations could occur in the zygote?

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Gracie Mcintyre · Answer 1

WW and Ww

Explanation:

There is a 50% chance of the zygote being homozygous dominant and 50% chance of the zygote being a heterozygous dominant. The zygote will have a widow's peak hairline in both cases.

A "widow's peak" hairline in humans is coded by the dominantallele W. A straight hairline is coded by the recessive allele w. Aman with a homozygous dominant WWproduces a zygote with awoman with a heterozygous dominant Ww for the trait. Whichallele combinations could occur in the zygote?

A "widow's peak" hairline in humans is coded by the dominant

allele W. A straight hairline is coded by the recessive allele w. A

man with a homozygous dominant WWproduces a zygote with a

woman with a heterozygous dominant Ww for the trait. Which

allele combinations could occur in the zygote?