Martha has a widow's peak (dominant trait) and attached earlobes (recessive trait). martha's dad had a straight hairline and unattached earlobes. if martha marries a man that is heterozygous for both traits, what is the probability that they will have a child with a widow's peak and attached earlobes? 1/163/81/41/23/4

3/8

Explanation:

Martha has a widow's peak (dominant trait) and attached earlobes (recessive trait).

Martha's dad had a straight hairline (ww) and unattached earlobes (Ee, because she has the recessive alleles ee and both parents give us one allele).

This tells you that martha has a mother with at least one of both alleles dominant for widow peak and at least one recesive allele of attached earlobes

So, martha's alleles are: Ww and ee.

If she marries a man that is heterozygous for both traits (Ww and Ee) the probabilitys are

Ww Ee x Ww ee: WWEe, WwEe, wWee, and wwee

1) gene flow

- it is described as the transfer of genes from one population to another population so that frequency of gene is increased.

-a zebra migrates to join a different herd of zebras.

2) natural selection

- a mechanism of evolutionary change in which individuals with advantageous traits survive and reproduce whereas the others ( those that can not adapt) eliminate from the population.

-competition for sunlight leads to taller trees.

3) mutation

- permanent change in the nucleotide sequence of dna ( genetic material) that could have harmful or useful consequences.

-the dna of a snake changes to make its venom stronger.

4) genetic drift - it is a random phenomenon ( that occurs by chance such as fire) that results in change in the gene frequency in a small population.    

-a grassfire randomly sweeps through a population of buffalo and kills most of the animals.

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