Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393614008
Author: Clark Spencer Larsen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Introduction: Mendelian traits state that the traits are passed down to offspring will have dominant and recessive alleles of genes. Alleles have different set of a gene carring genetic information of a particular trait.
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Alberta is phenotypically normal, but her brother (Rodrigo) has albinism, which is caused by an autosomal recessive mutation. The probability that Alberta is a carrier is______?
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