Alfred is heterozygous for tongue rolling and has five fingers. Alfreda, his wife, cannot roll her tongue and is heterozygous for polydactyly. Use R/r for tounge rolling, P/p for polydactyly. What is Alfred’s genotype? ____________ What is Alfreda’s genotype? ____________

Alfred is heterozygous for tongue rolling and has five fingers. Alfreda, his wife, cannot roll her tongue and is heterozygous for polydactyly. Use R/r for tounge rolling, P/p for polydactyly. What is Alfred’s genotype? What is Alfreda’s genotype?

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Alfred is heterozygous for tongue rolling and has five fingers. Alfreda, his wife, cannot roll her tongue and is heterozygous for polydactyly.

Use R/r for tounge rolling, P/p for polydactyly.

What is Alfred’s genotype? ____________
What is Alfreda’s genotype? ____________

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