Zoology - Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question with Solution | TestHub
A couple has three children: a 14-year-old daughter and two sons that are 12 and 10 years old. If the mother and daughter are both known to have a genetic disorder, what would the pedigree of this family look like?
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In a pedigree chart a square symbol resembles male and circle symbol resembles a female. It the square / circled is filled it indicates disease while if it is unfilled it indicates no disease. While denoting the offsprings, the eldest to youngest offsprings are depicted from left to right. Mother and daughter both are affected. So Circles should be shaded. Also in the offspring from left to right there should be a circle (daughter), square (son) and square (youngest son)
