Each of two parents have the genotype red/blonde, which consist of the pair of alleles that determin hair color, and each parent contributes one of thoes alleles to a child. Assume that if the child has atleast one re allele, that color will dominate and the childs hair color will be red.  List diffrent out comes, Assume these outcomes are equal likley  probability of a child of these parents will have the blonde/blonde genotype?  What is the probability that the child will have red colored hair ?

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Each of two parents have the genotype red/blonde, which consist of the pair of alleles that determin hair color, and each parent contributes one of thoes alleles to a child. Assume that if the child has atleast one re allele, that color will dominate and the childs hair color will be red. 

  • List diffrent out comes, Assume these outcomes are equal likley 
  • probability of a child of these parents will have the blonde/blonde genotype? 
  • What is the probability that the child will have red colored hair ?
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It is given that, each of two parents have the genotype red or blonde and the pair of allele determines the hair color.

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List of different outcomes:

The possible outcomes are red/red, red/blonde, blonde/red and blonde/blonde.

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