Since Each Child of Two Heterozygous Parents Has a 50

question 33

Multiple Choice

Since each child of two heterozygous parents has a 50% chance of receiving a recessive trait from each parent,

• A)if the first child is phenotypically recessive,then the next child must be phenotypically dominant.
• B)if the first child is phenotypically recessive,then the next child has a 3/4 chance of being phenotypically recessive.
• C)if the first child is phenotypically recessive,then the next child has a 1/2 chance of being phenotypically recessive.
• D)no matter what the first child's phenotype,the next child will have a 1/4 chance of being phenotypically recessive.

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