Campbell Essential Biology (6th Edition) - standalone book
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ISBN: 9780133917789
Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece, Kelly A. Hogan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 13SQ
Incomplete dominance is seen in the inheritance of hypercholesterolemia. Mack and Toni are both heterozygous for this character, and both have elevated level of cholesterol. Their daughter Katerina has a cholesterol level six times normal; she is apparently homozygous, hh. What fraction of Mack and Toni’s children are likely to have elevated but not extreme levels of cholesterol, like their parents? If Mack and Toni have one more child, what is the probability that the child will suffer from the more serious form of hypercholesterolemia seen in Katerina?
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