Jenny, like her mother, is heterozygous for both X-linked traits. Her father suffered from both hypophosphatemia and muscular dystrophy. Jenny’s fiancé, Mark has a mother suffering from muscular dystrophy despite having normal bone conditions. His father has been blessed with strong bones and muscles but suffered from amelogenesis imperfecta
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Jenny, like her mother, is heterozygous for both X-linked traits. Her father suffered from both
hypophosphatemia and muscular dystrophy. Jenny’s fiancé, Mark has a mother suffering from muscular
dystrophy despite having normal bone conditions. His father has been blessed with strong bones and
muscles but suffered from amelogenesis imperfecta.
a. Give the complete genotypes of the following individuals:
Jenny, Jenny's mother, Jenny's father, Mark, Mark's mother, Mark's father.
b. Should Jenny and Mark eventually marry, what is the probability that they will have:
a child with muscular dystrophy, a child with amelogenesis imperfecta,
a son with hypophosphatemia, a daughter with muscular dystrophy, a child with the same genotype as Jenny, a child with the same genotype as Mark
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