what is an example of a trait determined by incomplete dominance inheritance. Then, include a model, such as a Punnet Square, to demonstrate this pattern of inheritance.

Pedigree analysis is a fundamental tool for investigating whether or not a trait is following a Mendelian pattern of inheritance. It can also be used to help identify individuals within a family who may be at risk for the trait. Adam and Sarah, a young couple of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, went to a genetic counselor because they were planning a family and wanted to know what their chances were for having a child with a genetic condition. The genetic counselor took a detailed family history from both of them and discovered several traits in their respective families. Sarahs maternal family history is suggestive of an autosomal dominant pattern of cancer predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer because of the young ages at which her mother and grandmother were diagnosed with their cancers. If a mutant allele that predisposed to breast and ovarian cancer was inherited in Sarahs family, she, her sister, and any of her own future children could be at risk for inheriting this mutation. The counselor told her that genetic testing is available that may help determine if this mutant allele is present in her family members. Adams paternal family history has a very strong pattern of early onset heart disease. An autosomal dominant condition known as familial hypercholesterolemia may be responsible for the large number of deaths from heart disease. As with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, genetic testing is available to see if Adam carries the mutant allele. Testing will give the couple more information about the chances that their children could inherit this mutation. Adam had a first cousin who died from Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), a fatal autosomal recessive condition most commonly found in people of Eastern European Jewish descent. Because TSD is a recessively inherited disorder, both of his cousins parents must have been heterozygous carriers of the mutant allele. If that is the case, Adams father could be a carrier as well. If Adams father carries the mutant TSD allele, it is possible that Adam inherited this mutation. Because Sarah is also of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, she could also be a carrier of the gene, even though no one in her family has been affected with TSD. If Adam and Sarah are both carriers, each of their children would have a 25% chance of being afflicted with TSD. A simple blood test performed on both Sarah and Adam could determine whether they are carriers of this mutation. Would you want to know the results of the cancer, heart disease, and TSD tests if you were Sarah and Adam? Is it their responsibility as potential parents to gather this type of information before they decide to have a child?

Pedigree analysis is a fundamental tool for investigating whether or not a trait is following a Mendelian pattern of inheritance. It can also be used to help identify individuals within a family who may be at risk for the trait. Adam and Sarah, a young couple of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, went to a genetic counselor because they were planning a family and wanted to know what their chances were for having a child with a genetic condition. The genetic counselor took a detailed family history from both of them and discovered several traits in their respective families. Sarahs maternal family history is suggestive of an autosomal dominant pattern of cancer predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer because of the young ages at which her mother and grandmother were diagnosed with their cancers. If a mutant allele that predisposed to breast and ovarian cancer was inherited in Sarahs family, she, her sister, and any of her own future children could be at risk for inheriting this mutation. The counselor told her that genetic testing is available that may help determine if this mutant allele is present in her family members. Adams paternal family history has a very strong pattern of early onset heart disease. An autosomal dominant condition known as familial hypercholesterolemia may be responsible for the large number of deaths from heart disease. As with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, genetic testing is available to see if Adam carries the mutant allele. Testing will give the couple more information about the chances that their children could inherit this mutation. Adam had a first cousin who died from Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), a fatal autosomal recessive condition most commonly found in people of Eastern European Jewish descent. Because TSD is a recessively inherited disorder, both of his cousins parents must have been heterozygous carriers of the mutant allele. If that is the case, Adams father could be a carrier as well. If Adams father carries the mutant TSD allele, it is possible that Adam inherited this mutation. Because Sarah is also of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, she could also be a carrier of the gene, even though no one in her family has been affected with TSD. If Adam and Sarah are both carriers, each of their children would have a 25% chance of being afflicted with TSD. A simple blood test performed on both Sarah and Adam could determine whether they are carriers of this mutation. Would you decide to have a child if the test results said that you carry the mutation for breast and ovarian cancer? The heart disease mutation? The TSD mutation? The heart disease and the mutant alleles?

What is the pattern of inheritance shown by the following example? A brown guinea pig mated with a white guinea pig, their offspring are tan.

Consider a situation where you have a parental cross with the mother and father phenotypes listed below. Remember that the genotype for the wild-type parent is always homozygous. The counts of the F1offspring are listed in Table 1. Two randomly selected individuals are selected and mated to produce a set of F2individuals. If you test the F2counts to determine whether they are consistent with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance, what is your decision? Use a 0.05 significance level. PARENTAL CROSS Parental cross: Mother with disease phenotype, Father with wild-type phenotype. Table 1. F1 DATA Gender Phenotype Disease Wild-type Male 0 23 Female 0 34   Table 2. F2 DATA Gender Phenotype Disease Wild-type Male 7 25 Female 0 25     A. Do not reject the null hypothesis that the F2 data are consistent with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance; chi-square goodness of fit test p-value is greater than 0.05. B. Reject the null hypothesis that the F2…

Mendel's concept of dominance states that in a genotype where two different alleles of a locus are present, only the trait encoded by the dominant allele is observed. Give a molecular explanation for dominance, i.e. explain intracellular molecular events that can result in what we observe as dominance on a phenotypic level. Use the gene that encodes seed shape in peas as an example, where roun(R) is dominant over wrinkled(r), to explain how RR and Rr plants can have the same phenotype.

Use a chi-square test to evaluate the fit of the observed numbers of progeny to the number expected on the basis of your proposed genotypes.

Incomplete dominance supports the blending hypothesis of inheritance. (True or false)?

The color of chickens is determined by interacting loci: AA or Aa give white, aaBB or aaBb give colored, and aaBb produces white. Describe the epistatic interactions occurring between these two genes.

Consider a situation where you have a parental cross with the mother and father phenotypes listed below. Remember that the genotype for the wild-type parent is always homozygous.   The counts of the F1 offspring are listed in Table 1. Two randomly selected individuals are selected and mated to produce a set of F2 individuals. If you test the F2 counts to determine whether they are consistent with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance, what is your decision? Use a 0.05 significance level.   PARENTAL CROSS   Parental cross: Mother with disease phenotype, Father with wild-type phenotype.   Table 1. F1 DATA   Gender Phenotype Disease Wild-type Male 0 23 Female 0 34         Table 2. F2 DATA   Gender Phenotype Disease Wild-type Male 7 25 Female 0 25     A)Do not reject the null hypothesis that the F2 data are consistent with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance; chi-square goodness of fit test statistic value is between 0 and 1. B)Reject the null…