Non-Mendelian Inheritance questions/help
In humans, there are three alleles for blood type: A, B, and O. A and B are codominant over O. Suppose man, with type A blood, and woman, with type B blood, have a child. Man’s parents both have blood type AB. Woman’s mother has type B, and her father has type O.
Part 1: What is the probability that the child’s blood type will be AB?
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In dogs, colored fur, E, is dominant over colorless fur, e. Black fur color, B, is dominant over brown fur color, b. The E gene is epistatic to the B gene. Suppose a yellow male dog is mated with a black female. The male’s parents were both brown. The female’s mother was yellow, and her father was brown.
Part 1 of 3: What percentage of the puppies will be yellow?
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Part 3 of 3: What percentage of the puppies will be brown?
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