This graph only shows the affected individuals and does not show the presumed carriers. **Pedigree Analysis: Determining Trait Inheritance****Question:**Given the following pedigree, is the trait indicated by the darkened shapes a dominant or a recessive trait? How can you tell?**Explanation:**The pedigree chart displays a family tree where circles represent females and squares represent males. Darkened shapes indicate individuals who express a particular trait.**Diagram Description:**- The top generation shows one male with the trait, indicated by a darkened square, married to a female without the trait, indicated by a white circle.- In the second generation: - They have two offspring: one male with the trait and one female without the trait. - The male with the trait is married to a female without the trait. This couple's offspring consists of three children with the trait and, importantly, two without the trait. - The female offspring with the trait is married to a male without the trait. This couple has children exhibiting both presence and absence of the trait.**Analysis:**The pattern of inheritance in this pedigree suggests that the trait is a dominant trait. This is indicated by:- The trait appears in every generation, which is typical of dominant traits.- Affected individuals have at least one affected parent, supporting the notion that the trait does not skip generations.This analysis indicates that the trait shown in darkened shapes follows a dominant inheritance pattern.

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Description: This graph only shows the affected individuals and does not show the presumed carriers. **Pedigree Analysis: Determining Trait Inheritance****Question:**Given the following pedigree, is the trait indicated by the darkened shapes a dominant or a reces

A pedigree chart depicts the members of a family who are impacted by a genetic trait by displaying a family tree. Pedigrees are fascinating because they may be used to solve crimes and are frequently utilized to research the genetics of inherited disorders. Pedigrees can be examined to discover the mechanism of transmission of a hereditary condition, for example: Dominance: if illness alleles are dominant or recessive. Linkage: whether disease alleles are X-linked (on the X chromosome) or autosomal. The trait that is indicated is a recessive trait. It is because in the first generation, the female is not affected, and in the second generation daughter is not affected even though the father is affected, and in the third generation, all of the children are affected. If it was a dominant trait, then the daughter must be affected in the second generation, but she is acting as a carrier, and her husband also might be a carrier that is why their children are affected. If a trait is considered dominant, then an unaffected individual cannot give birth to an affected individual because the presence of one allele is sufficient for the expression of the trait. Hence, as unaffected give birth to affected, then the trait is recessive, not dominant.