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In humans the absence of a cleft chin is dominant to the presence of a cleft chin. Two
individuals, both of whom are heterozygous for a recessive allele that causes the cleft chin
phenotype have 5 children, what is the probability that 3 of their children would not have a
cleft chin and 2 would have a cleft chin?
0.0037
0.026
0.237
0.264
Transcribed Image Text:In humans the absence of a cleft chin is dominant to the presence of a cleft chin. Two individuals, both of whom are heterozygous for a recessive allele that causes the cleft chin phenotype have 5 children, what is the probability that 3 of their children would not have a cleft chin and 2 would have a cleft chin? 0.0037 0.026 0.237 0.264
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