A Female Rat That Is Heterozygous for an Autosomal Reciprocal

question 49

Short Answer

A female rat that is heterozygous for an autosomal reciprocal translocation has 36 eggs that were generated from the following 9 meioses: 4 by alternate segregation, 4 by adjacent-1 segregation, and 1 by adjacent-2 segregation. She is mated to a chromosomally wild-type male. What is the probability that her offspring will inherit a chromosome bearing the translocation?

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