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Solutions For An Introduction to Genetic Analysis Chapter 4 Problem 8P

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Solution 1

The conventions used in the following figure need to be used to show the parents with the given genotypes.

Picture 2

The parental cross is:

We see the linkage of the dominant gene P to the microsatellite allele. The progeny would be:

1/4 - --affected by disease

1/4 - -affected by disease

1/4 - ---unaffected by disease

1/4- --unaffected by disease

The representation of parental cross with progeny is:

Picture 5

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