Formative Practice 11.4 (Form 5 Biology Textbook Exercise and Answer)


Question 1:
A woman has heterozygous B blood group and a man has heterozygous A blood group. If the couple has an unidentical twins, what are the chances of both children having A blood group? Explain the inheritance of blood group of this family by using a schematic diagram using appropriate symbols.

Answer:


The probability of one unidentical twin with A blood group is 1/4.

Therefore, the probability of both unidentical twins with A blood group is 1/4 × 1/4 = 1/16

Question 2:
A woman who is heterozygous for haemophilia married a normal man. What are the chances of the couple having a haemophilic son?

Answer:
In each birth, the probability to get a boy is 1/2.

Therefore, the probability to get a haemophilic boy = 1/2 × 1/2 = 1/4


Question 3:
A man who is homozygous for the ability to roll his tongue married a woman who is heterozygous for tongue rolling. What are the implications of their mating?

Answer:
All children can roll tongue, 50% are homozygotes whereas another 50% are heterozygotes.

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