Answer the following questions Remember to use complete sentences to demonstrate comprehension and understanding.
- Discuss the validity of Punnett Squares in determining paternity for a child.
- Differentiate dominant versus recessive genes and discuss how genes are either carried by one of the parents or genetic traits can “skip” a generation.
- Research and discus the term pleiotropy. What impact would this have on gene therapies?
- Discuss the effects of age on child bearing for women. Explain why women who have children later in life risk having children with genetic conditions.
- If two parents are heterozygous for a genetically inherited dominant trait, what is the probability that they will have a child together who has this trait in his or her phenotype?
- 25%
- 50%
- 75%
- 100%