Albinism Probability: Calculating the Chance of Offspring with a Heterozygous Parent

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%.