Albinism Is a Recessive Trait

question 31

Multiple Choice

Albinism is a recessive trait. A man and woman who both have normal pigmentation have one child out of three who has albinism (without melanin pigmentation) . What are the genotypes of this child's parents?

• A) One parent must be homozygous for the recessive allele; the other parent can be homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive, or heterozygous.
• B) One parent must be heterozygous; the other parent can be homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive, or heterozygous.
• C) Both parents must be heterozygous.
• D) One parent must be homozygous dominant; the other parent must be heterozygous.

Recognize the challenges associated with private market provision of public goods and common resources.

Evaluate the impact of overuse and underuse of common resources on social welfare.

Apply principles of social welfare maximization to real-world scenarios involving public goods and common resources.

Understand the concept of externalities and how they affect social cost and social benefit.

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