woman with severe discoloration of her tooth enamel has four children with a man who has normal tooth enamel. Two of the children, a boy (Bob) and a girl (Gladys) have discolored teeth. Each has a mate with normal tooth enamel and produces several children. Gladys has 6 children, four boys and two girls. Two of her boys and one of her girls have discolored enamel. Bob has seven children, four girls and three boys. All four of his daughters have discolored enamel, but all his boys have normal enamel. a. Draw the pedigree for this family, indicating which individuals are affected with discolored enamel. b. Explain the inheritance of this condition.

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15. A woman with severe discoloration of her tooth enamel has four children with a man who has normal tooth enamel. Two of the children, a boy (Bob) and a girl (Gladys) have discolored teeth. Each has a mate with normal tooth enamel and produces several children. Gladys has 6 children, four boys and two girls. Two of her boys and one of her girls have discolored enamel. Bob has seven children, four girls and three boys. All four of his daughters have discolored enamel, but all his boys have normal enamel. a. Draw the pedigree for this family, indicating which individuals are affected with discolored enamel. b. Explain the inheritance of this condition.
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