March 2, 2009

Two MLM cats mate. What is the probability that any one of their surviving kittens will be heterozygous?

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March 4, 2009

fogger1984 @ 10:45 pm

Um, Punnet square on this one

ML M

ML MLML MLM

M MLM MM

So that's 25% death before birth, 50% manx and 25% normal development. 50% will be heterozygotes assuming this is not sex-linked or incomplete penetrance.

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