Both Parents Have One Copy of a Dominant Allele for Gene

question 66

Multiple Choice

Both parents have one copy of a dominant allele for gene 87 and one recessive allele for Gene 87.What is the chance that their children will inherit the recessive condition (two copies of Gene 87) ? You may need to draw a Punnett square to figure this out.

• A) 0%
• B) 25%
• C) 50%
• D) 75%
• E) 100%

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