Trumps Genetic Secret

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Trumps Genetic Secret

Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton decided to put aside their differences and
get together. Donald was concerned he might pass on his interesting hair
gene to his offspring and has payed you a ridiculous amount of money to
look into it (and keep his secret from the media). He wants to know what the
probability is that his children will inherit his interesting hair gene.

You have been giving the following information about the parent gene pairs:
Regular hair gene - I
Interesting hair gene i
Clintons regular hair gene pair is heterozygous
Trumps interesting hair gene pair is homozygous recessive

Task:
Using your knowledge of meiosis and gene expression, draw and label a
diagram showing the steps of meiosis and single factor inheritance. Make
sure to include parent cells, the potential gametes from each parent, the
possible genotype expression in zygotes and what phenotype each zygote
will express resulting from the Trump and Clinton pairing. Use figure 4(b) on
page 213 of your text book for help.

Check your answers using a Punnett square

What is the probability that their offspring will express the interesting hair
trait?___________%

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