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Baby Smiley has curly hair, but neither of her parents does! Is this possible? Create a Punnett square to help you find your answer.

FYI: Curly is the recessive gene while straight is the dominant which is what her parents have.
I just need help with the punnet square.

Baby Smiley has curly hair, but neither of her parents does! Is this possible? Create-example-1
User Yoo Matsuo
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User Jayendra Gothi
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Answer:

Usually there should only be 4 squares, but I SHALL HELP YOU

Explanation:

(You may know this)

For Baby Smiley to have curly hair, both of her parents would have to have heterozygous for straight hair. So Baby Smiley has a 1 in 4 chance/ 25% chance of curly hair.

so this should be the answer:

S S s

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\left[\begin{array}{ccc}SS&Ss&\\Ss&ss\end{array}\right]

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