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3 months ago
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In horses, the allele for straight hair (H) is dominant, and the allele for curly hair (h) is recessive. A horse breeder mates a

homozygous doninant mother with a heterozygous male. What is the chance that the offspring will have straight hair?
Biology
2 answers:
garik1379 [2K]3 months ago
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Answer: The answer is -

The likelihood of the offspring having straight hair is 100%.

Explanation:

According to the information provided, straight hair (H) dominates over curly hair (h), which is recessive.

The dominant trait obscures the recessive one.

The genotypes for straight hair can be either HH or Hh, while curly hair manifests only when the genotype is 'hh' (homozygous recessive).

The parents' genotypes are:

Mother: HH (homozygous dominant)

Father: Hh (heterozygous dominant).

When these are crossed, the potential offspring would be:

HH x Hh

results in HH, Hh, HH, Hh.

This indicates that all resulting offspring will possess straight hair.

<pThus, the chance of having offspring with straight hair is confirmed at 100%.
garik1379 [2K]3 months ago
3 0
The probability is 75%, as this represents 3/4 of the offspring being dominant.
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