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(Solved): The ability to taste the chemical substance phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) in humans is genetically base ...
The ability to taste the chemical substance phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) in humans is genetically based. The allele for tasting PTC, T; is dominant to the allele for nontasting, t. A husband and wife are both heterozygous for the allele \( T \). a) What is the probability of the occurrence of one of each of the following among the offspring of this couple: (Report as a reduced fraction.) a male taster? A a male nontaster? A) a female taster? A female nontaster? b) What is the probability of this couple having a family of six children consisting of two male tasters, one male nontaster, and three female tasters? (Report as a decimal to three decimal places with a leading zero. i.e. 0.012)