The following results of a cross between two individuals shown in the picture are: Which statement describes the children of the cross?
Correct answer: B. One is homozygous recessive and the other has a dominant phenotype but has a mother with a recessive phenotype.
- A. One is homozygous dominant and the other has a dominant phenotype but has a mother with a recessive phenotype
- B. One is homozygous recessive and the other has a dominant phenotype but has a mother with a recessive phenotype.
- C. One is homozygous recessive and the other has a dominant phenotype but has a brother with a recessive phenotype.
- D. One is homozygous recessive and another has a recessive phenotype. but has a father with a dominant phenotype.
Explanation
All statements describing the children's genetic combination and phenotype are wrong except B and C. One child is homozygous recessive with a recessive phenotype and the other is heterozygous with a dominant phenotype. Option A is wrong because it says one child is homozygous dominant whereas according to the box diagram, there is no possibility that a child will be homozygous dominant. Option D is wrong because it says one child, apart from one being homozygous recessive, has a recessive phenotype, which is wrong. Option C is wrong because it assumes the gender by saying "brother" but the question does not provide any evidence for what the gender of another offspring is.
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