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In Humans, an Individual Who Has Wavy Hair Is a Heterozygote

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In humans, an individual who has wavy hair is a heterozygote with one curly hair allele and one straight hair allele. Indicate the phenotypic and genotypic ratios expected for the offspring from a straight-haired man and a wavy-haired woman.


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Operational Definition

A clear, detailed description of how an experimental variable is measured or manipulated within research.

Hypothesis

A testable prediction about the conditions under which a particular behavior or mental process may occur.

Negative Correlation

An association between two variables characterized by the increase of one variable leading to the decrease of the other, and the opposite is also true.

Inverse Relationship

An inverse relationship is a correlation between two variables where one variable increases as the other decreases, and vice versa.

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