Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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Chapter 2, Problem 25P
The achoo syndrome (sneezing in response to bright light) and trembling chin (triggered by anxiety) are both dominant traits in humans.
| a. | What is the probability that the first child of parents who are heterozygous for both the achoo gene and trembling chin will have achoo syndrome but lack the trembling chin? |
| b. | What is the probability that the first child will have neither achoo syndrome nor trembling chin? |
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