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. Two child is homozygous recessive, and the other exhibits a dominant phenotype but has a parent with a recessive phenotype.
- A. One child is homozygous dominant, while the other exhibits a dominant phenotype but has a parent with a recessive phenotype.
- B. Two child is homozygous recessive, and the other exhibits a dominant phenotype but has a parent with a recessive phenotype.
- C. One child is homozygous recessive, and the other exhibits a dominant phenotype but has a sibling with a recessive phenotype.
- D. One child is homozygous recessive, and another exhibits a recessive phenotype, but has a parent with a dominant phenotype.
Explanation
The correct answer is Option B. In a Mendelian cross involving one parent who is homozygous recessive and another who is heterozygous, one offspring can be homozygous recessive, receiving recessive alleles from both parents, resulting in a recessive phenotype. The other offspring can be heterozygous, inheriting a dominant allele from one parent and a recessive allele from the other, which results in a dominant phenotype. Options A and D are incorrect due to incorrect assumptions about the potential genotypes of the offspring. Option C is misleading as it introduces unnecessary sibling relationships that do not contribute to solving the question.
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