Male-Limited Precocious Puberty Results from a Rare Autosomal Allele (P)

question 42

Multiple Choice

Male-limited precocious puberty results from a rare autosomal allele (P) that is dominant over the allele for normal puberty (p) and is expressed only in males. A male and female that both went through normal puberty have two sons. The first son undergoes precocious puberty but the second undergoes normal puberty.
-What is the genotype of the mother?

• A) PP
• B) Pp
• C) pp
• D) PP or Pp
• E) Pp or pp

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