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Why do we use Punnett Squares today? Explain in your words
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Punnett squares are used today as a tool to predict the probability of certain traits being expressed in offspring. They are named after the scientist Reginald Punnett, who invented them in the early 20th century. The Punnett square works by organizing the alleles (different forms of a gene) from the parents into a grid. Each parent's alleles are placed along the top and left side of the grid. Then, every combination of alleles is shown in the boxes inside the grid. For example, if one parent has the alleles Aa and the other parent has the alleles aa, the grid would look like this: | a | a --|---|--- A |Aa | Aa --|---|--- a |aa | aa In this case, the offspring have a 50% chance of inheriting the dominant A allele and a

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