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the pedigree below shows the inheritance of a non sex-linked trait. shaded individuals show the dominant trait. what is the probable genotype of each individual #4 and individual #6

Please Help ASAP!! the pedigree below shows the inheritance of a non sex-linked trait-example-1

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Answer:

genotype

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The probably genotype of individual #4 if 'Aa' and individual #6 is 'aa'.

Explanation:

In a non sex-linked, dominant trait where both parents carry and show the trait and produce children that both have and don't have the trait, they would each have a genotype of 'Aa' which would produce a likelihood of 75% of children that carry the dominant traint and 25% that don't. Since the child of #1 and #2, #5, does not exhibit the trait, nor does the significant other (#6), then they both must have the 'aa' genotype. However, since #4 displays the dominant trait received from the parents, it is more likely they would have the 'Aa' genotype as by the punnet square of 'Aa' x 'Aa', 50% of their children would have the 'Aa' phenotype.

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