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Hitchhiker's thumb (H) is dominant to no hitchhiker's thumb (h). A woman who does not have hitchhiker's thumb marries a man who is heterozygous for hitchhiker's thumb. What is true of their offspring?

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Answer:

There is a 50% chance the kids will have Hitchhiker's thumb

Step-by-step explanation:

Because Hitchhiker's thumb is dominant and the woman doesn't have it it's safe to assume her genes for it are hh. In a punnet square it would look like

h h

H | Hh Hh

h | hh hh

If that makes any sense I hope it does

Point is, 2 of the 4 boxes would say Hh and the other two would have hh

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