During an investigation, two German shepherds with long hair were each bred with a German shepherd with short hair in a fırst-generation cross. The offspring from each first-generation cross were then bred to produce a second-generation cross. Which questions could be answered using the results of this investigation? Select the three correct answers. O Is hair length in German shepherds a dominant or recessive trait? O How often does the mutation for long hair randomly occur in German shepherds? How does the protein made by the gene for hair length differ among German shepherds? O Is long hair in German shepherds an inherited trait? O What percentage of offspring in the second generation of German shepherds are homozygous for the recessive hair-length trait?

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare human disease in which toxic substances accumulate in nerve cells. The recessive allele responsible for the disease is inherited in a simple Mendelian manner. For unknown reasons, the allele is more common in populations of Ashkenazi Jews of eastern Europe. A woman is planning to marry her first cousin, but the couple discovers that their shared grandfather’s sister died in infancy of Tay-Sachs disease.a. Draw the relevant parts of the pedigree, and show all the genotypes as completely as possible. b. What is the probability that the cousins’ first child will have Tay-Sachs disease, assuming that all people who marry into the family are homozygous normal?

Based upon the above pedigree, How is this trait inherited.  Please give specific evidence by identifying each generation by roman numeral, each person within that generation numerically, and  stating which individuals support your claim.  Look CAREFULLY!

determine if the possible alleles are complete dominate, incomplete dominance, or codominance.

A farmer is interested in a new colour pattern in his breed of cattle. This trait is controlled by a single autosomal gene (Gene R) with two alleles. The R-allele results in a spotted colour pattern, while the recessive allele causes a solid colour. The farmer has a cow that has the spotted pattern. Can you suggest how the farmer can determine the genotype (RR or Rr) of his cow in a single cross? Describe this cross and provide details on how you would interpret the results.

Part A) You cross a fly with straight wings with a fly with curved wings to produce the F1 generation, all of which exhibit straight wings. In the F2 generation, you observe 65 straight-winged flies and 16 curved-wing flies. Based upon the results, which phenotype is recessive? Part B) You think this trait is controlled by a single gene, but the F2 numbers don’t quite match a 3:1 expected ratio. Perform a chi-square analysis to determine if the variation you observe is due to chance or not. Based upon this determination, would you keep or reject the “null hypothesis”? Show your work and explain your reasoning.

A rare blinding disease that has a relation to dengenerative factors is partially penetrant. In the following pedigrees for two families, the affected symptomatic individuals (black circles and squares) have been diagnosed with this disease due to the mutation in mitochondrial DNA m.14484T>C.     If III.4 is homoplasmic for m.14484T>C in hair, blood, urine and other tissues examined. What will occur with IV.7 then?