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suppose a mother carries two recessive genes for freckles (rr) and a father carries one recessive gene for freckles and one dominant gene for clear facial skin (rr). what is the likelihood that their first child will have freckles?
a)
1
2
b)
1
4
c)
3
4
d)
4
4

                            r                r

R                       Rr                Rr

r                       rr                  rr

Genotype of the mother with freckle trait is rr. This means that it is a recessive  trait.

Genotype of of the father having clear facial skin is Rr, showing that it is a dominant trait. There can be two genotypes for this trait that is Rr and RR.

When these parents are crossed, they produce 50% offsprings with the freckles trait (rr) and 50% with clear facial skin ( Rr).

Therefore, the likelihood of the first child with freckles is A

Hope this helped , Danielle xo

is this for the e2020 class