103k views
5 votes
If a mother has the genotype CC, and the father has the genotype Cc, is it possible in any way for the offspring to get a cc genotype?

1 Answer

5 votes

Mendelian genetics

In a cross between two parents of this genotype:

CC x Cc

The punnet square to see the offspring genotypes will look like:

As it can be seen, because one of the parents is dominant homozygous, he/she can only pass a dominant allele to the offspring, therefore, there is not possible that any individual of the offspring would be homozygous recessive (cc).

If a mother has the genotype CC, and the father has the genotype Cc, is it possible-example-1
User Danilo Fuchs
by
4.0k points