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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
A pregnant patient tells the nurse, “I hope the baby has his father’s eye color and my hair.” The nurse realizes that the chances of the baby being born with these criteria are which of the following?
1. 0%
2. 25%
3. 50%
4. 75%
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11 years ago
3 -- All genes are paired. Only one gene of a pair is transmitted to an offspring. One copy of each gene in an offspring comes from the mother and the other comes from the father. Therefore, the baby has a 50% chance of being born with the characteristics the mother is hoping for.
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