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kedjenpierrelouis
20.10.2019 • 
Biology

1) the bison herd on konza prairie has begun to show a genetic defect. some of the males have a condition known as "rabbit hock" in which the knee of the back leg is malformed slightly. the gene controlling this trait is located on the x chromosome and is recessive.
a. what type of inheritance is “rabbit hock”?

b. create a punnett square between the herd bull (the dominant one which does most of the breeding) who is normal (xn) mates with a cow that is a carrier for rabbit hock.

c. what are the genotypic and phenotypic ratios?

d. a game and parks worker notices that a newborn female exhibits “rabbit hock”. is it possible for the herd bull to have fathered this newborn? why?

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