Answer: The cross will produce 4 offsprings with the following genotypes:
XhXh, XhX, XhY and XY.
Explanation: Hemophilia is an X-linked disease. A woman who carries the hemophilia gene but doesn't not express it is heterozygous, therefore she has a genotype of XhX, and a man who has hemophilia has a genotype of XhY. A cross between them will produce one female and one male who are hemophilic (XhXh and XhY), one female who is a carrier (XhX) and one normal male.
See the punnett square attached for the cross
Answer:
1. The population will increase as they're better adapted to their environment and have a higher survival rate due to this helpful phenotype.
2. This happens to the population because this helpful phenotype might lead to less exposure to predation in which leads to a better survival fitness for the organism.
3. This mutation continues to exist as the organisms continue to successfully reproduce into the population due to being able to survive for longer.
Answer:
Answer is D, all of the above.