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It is rare to find a female with a sex-linked disease such as haemophilia or red-green colour blindless. Justify this statement. [3]
Haemophilia and red-green colour blindness are X-linked recessive disorders and as a result females require two recessive alleles on the X chromosome to express the condition, whereas males only need one. Also females can be carriers for the disease; they can possess the recessive allele but this will be masked from the phenotype by a dominant allele. Hence it is rare to find females with a sexlinked disease.

A red cow and a white cow mated to produce four offspring: 1 was red, 1 was white and 2 were pink. Explain this type of inheritance and why it does not follow Mendelian ratios. 3M
 

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Haemophilia and red-green colour blindness are X-linked recessive disorders and as a result females require two recessive alleles on the X chromosome to express the condition, whereas males only need one. Also females can be carriers for the disease; they can possess the recessive allele but this will be masked from the phenotype by a dominant allele. Hence it is rare to find females with a sexlinked disease.

A red cow and a white cow mated to produce four offspring: 1 was red, 1 was white and 2 were pink. Explain this type of inheritance and why it does not follow Mendelian ratios. 3M
for these questions can u draw pedigree, list cases, etc. and give a short explanation
 

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for these questions can u draw pedigree, list cases, etc. and give a short explanation
I'd assume "Yes, you can draw a pedigree if given enough space."

The correct term the co-dominant colour combination is roan though, right?

Normally, I would draw a Punnett square to show the codominance with ratios and all. The pedigree only shows what ones have the specific colour, not really effective in this case.
 

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Haemophilia and red-green colour blindness are X-linked recessive disorders and as a result females require two recessive alleles on the X chromosome to express the condition, whereas males only need one. Also females can be carriers for the disease; they can possess the recessive allele but this will be masked from the phenotype by a dominant allele. Hence it is rare to find females with a sexlinked disease.

A red cow and a white cow mated to produce four offspring: 1 was red, 1 was white and 2 were pink. Explain this type of inheritance and why it does not follow Mendelian ratios. 3M
Yep, but also mention the size of the chromosomes.
I had the same answer, but only got 2/3 because didn't mention size >.<
 

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If you mean punnet squares, yes you can.

Bio teacher takes marks off if we don't draw punnet squares where appropriate :/
Bio Teacher also takes marks off (or does not award marks) if you have not completed the table. Everything should be closed.
 

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Didn't even know about this...
 

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Haemophilia and red-green colour blindness are X-linked recessive disorders and as a result females require two recessive alleles on the X chromosome to express the condition, whereas males only need one. Also females can be carriers for the disease; they can possess the recessive allele but this will be masked from the phenotype by a dominant allele. Hence it is rare to find females with a sexlinked disease.

A red cow and a white cow mated to produce four offspring: 1 was red, 1 was white and 2 were pink. Explain this type of inheritance and why it does not follow Mendelian ratios. 3M
Is this something like incomplete dominance? If not what is incomplete dominance?..
 

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Hm, I thought incomplete dominance was the blending of both alleles, hence the pink fur coat from red and white parents.
 

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Hm, I thought incomplete dominance was the blending of both alleles, hence the pink fur coat from red and white parents.
Yeah, got it mixed up with the cattle colour - red, white, roan.
 

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Co-dominance --> Both alleles expressed in phenotype e.g. roan cattle
Incomplete dominance --> Blended characteristics e.g. white and red flower gives pink
 

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