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Patrick wants to determine if Nicole’s dog will have a probability of having white puppies. Her dog is all black but both of his parents are all white fur. On the other hand, the female dog and her parents are also all black. What is the probability that the litter will have white puppies?

  Ellen is a store manager for Toys R Us. Her district manager is concerned because it appears Ellen has difficulty making decisions. According to her direct reports she is often indecisive and over analyzes even simple decisions. Which of the following might be an effective strategy to improve her decision making?

What could be an explanation if Juanito crosses one white flower with a red flower but all the offspring are pink flowers?

If two parents, one with the genotype  IAi for blood type A and the other with the genotype IBi for blood type B, have a child, what is the probability that the child will have Blood Type O? Write your answer as a decimal. (Assume both parents are homozygous dominant for the H locus, i.e. no Bombay effect)

Jason is an executive at Jiffy Lube. He has a Toyota Tundra in the shop that is losing oil. He cannot find the leak and all of his “data” suggests that the truck must be burning the oil. However, in his gut he feels like this is not the problem. Given his status within the organization what type of decision making approach is he most likely to use?

A daughter can inherit X-linked recessive disorder when father is affected and mother is a carrier

Decisions regarding whether to invest in a new technology or enter a new market are which types of decisions?

Francis has colorblindness and icthyosis, which causes scaly skin. Both traits are X-linked recessive. The probability that she transmits both traits to her sons is

PKU is a recessive disorder. If a homozygous dominant and a heterozygous parent for the PKU allele have a child, what is the probability their child will have PKU?

If two parents, one with the genotype  IAIA for blood type A and the other with the genotype IBi for blood type B, have a child, what is the probability that the child will have Blood Type O? (Assume both parents are homozygous dominant for the H locus, i.e. no Bombay effect)