If a heterozygous male with the genotype Ww is mated with a homozygous recessive female of genotype ww, there is a chance that o

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CaHeK987 [17]

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If a heterozygous male with the genotype Ww is mated with a homozygous recessive female of genotype ww, there is a chance that o

f the offspring will be heterozygous.
A:25%
B:50%
C:100%

Biology

2 answers:

evablogger [386] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-20T09:28:42+03:00

If a heterozygous male with the genotype Ww is mated with a homozygous recessive female of genotype ww, there is a chance that 50% of the offspring will be heterozygous.

If the heterozygous, Ww, is crossed with a homozygous dominant, WW, then the probability of having a homozygous. Recessive offspring is? 0%.

kotegsom [21] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-20T07:41:00+03:00

Answer:

The correct answer is option B: "50%".

Explanation:

The classical Mendel's Law of Segregation states that each individual has two alleles, one that is passed from each parent. In this example the W gene has a W dominant allele and one w recessive allele. If a Ww heterozygous male is mated with a ww homozygous recessive female there is a 50% chance that the offspring will be heterozygous. This result considering that Gregor Mendel's rules dictate that the offspring's genotype of the aforementioned crossing will be 50% Ww and 50% ww.