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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)

In _________ (country), there have been long-term consequences for a decision that resulted in altering the demographics (e.g. sex-ratio) and also in an aging population that doesn’t have enough workforce to support them. Only until 2015, the rules changed to a two-child policy and just a couple of weeks ago, on May 31, 2021, they are allowing three children. Which country am I referring to?

A woman who is heterozygous for an allele that results in X-linked, recessive baldness marries a man who is bald. Which of the following would be true of their offspring?

One form of hemophilia is caused by a sex-linked recessive gene. If a man with no hemophilia marries a woman carrier (heterozygous) for hemophilia, what is the probability that their first daughter will have hemophilia?