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When Gender Matters
When Gender Matters
Direction: Study the illustration and answer the guide questions below
Guide Questions:
1.What sex chromosome is carried by the egg? ____ What sex chromosome is carried by the sperm? _____
2.How many XX chromosomes are produced in the cross? ___ How many X Y chromosomes are produced in the cross?___
3.What is the probability of having a male offspring? _____ What is the probability of having a female offspring? _____.
Direction: Complete the Punnett square and answer the guide questions.
Situation: A man with an X linked recessive disorder marries a woman who does not carry the genes.
Direction: Complete the Punnett square and answer the guide questions.
Situation: A bald man marries a normal female. Determine probability of having a bald male offspring. B – baldness, b –normal hairline.
Guide Question: What is the probability of having a bald female offspring? _____