The allele for albinism is recessive to the normal skin pigmentation what probability that a child of heterozygous mother and albino father will be albino?
To determine the probability of an albino child from a heterozygous mother and an albino father, we can use Punnett squares:
Mother (heterozygous): Aa
Father (albino): aa
| | a | a |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| A | Aa | Aa |
| a | aa | aa |
From the Punnett square, we can see that there are 4 possible outcomes:
1. Aa (not albino)
2. Aa (not albino)
3. aa (albino)
4. aa (albino)
Since there are 2 out of 4 possible outcomes where the child would be albino (aa), the probability of the child being albino is 2/4 or 50%.
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