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Is your hair curly, straight, or wavy? In humans, straight hair (Hs) and curly hair (Hc)...

Is your hair curly, straight, or wavy? In humans, straight hair (Hs) and curly hair (Hc) are inherited as incompletely-dominant traits. This means that heterozygotes (HsHc) will have wavy hair. If two people with wavy hair have children, what proportion of their offspring would be expected to have wavy hair?

  1. 100%
  2. 75%
  3. 50%
  4. 25%
  5. 0%

Straight genotype ____

Wavy genotype _____

Curly genotype ______

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  • Cross between two wavy hair people or HsHc*HsHc will result into following combinations
    Gametes Hs Hc
    Hs HsHs (straight) HsHc (wavy)
    Hc HsHc (wavy) HcHc (curly)
  • As it is clear from punnet square that 2 out of 4 children will with wavy hairs hence correct answer is c(50%)

  • Straight genotype - HsHs

  • Wavy genotype - HsHc

  • Curly genotype - HcHc

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