Answer:
The probability that their first child will have long fingers is 20%
Explanation:
<u>Available data</u>:
- long fingers are inherited with 80% penetrance
- L represents the dominant allele for short fingers
- l represents the recessive allele for long fingers
Cross) Two people heterozygous for long fingers mate
Ll x Ll
Gametes) 1/2 L 1/2l 1/2L 1/2l
Punnet Square)
L l
L LL Ll
l Ll ll
F1) 25% or 1/4 LL
50% or 1/2 Ll
25% or 1/4 ll
Long fingers are inherited with 80% penetrance, which means that 80% is the proportion of the population that expresses the phenotype long fingers. Hence, the probability that the first child in this cross will have long fingers is:
100% ------- 80%
25% -------- X = 20%
Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success. This process causes species to change and diverge over time.
Homologous structures provide evidence for common ancestry, while analogous structures show that similar selective pressures can produce similar adaptations (beneficial features)
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