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A man with red hair (recessive) marries a woman with black hair (dominant) whose mother had red hair. what are the chances that their first child will have red hair? a man with red hair (recessive) marries a woman with black hair whose mother had red hair. what are the chances that their first child will have red hair or black hair

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50% chance of having a child with red hair and a 50% chance of having a child with black hair.

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User Haoyu Wang
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Because the mother had red her it means the woman is heterozygous and the man is homozygous recessive so there is a 50% chance of having a child with red hair and a 50% chance of having a child with black hair.

User Elia Schenker
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