Answer part a) According to the gene map of the wild type and the mutant gene, it can be seen that the mutant lacks a site for restriction digestion. This shows that in wild type, the restriction enzyme can digest the DNA at any three sites and thus atleast two bands will appear after amplification. On the contrary, the deletion of middle sequence of restriction site will lead to formation of a single band in mutant gene. The smaller band will represnt the mutant and the larger band will represent the normal/wild type allele. Thus, according to this information, it can be deciphered that the mother is a heterozygous in nature and carries a mutant allele for Tay-Sachs disease while the father does not. Thus, the lower band will be a representative of mutant or \"t\" and the upper band will be a representative of normal \"T\" allele. Answer part b) Since the mother is a carrier, there are 50% chances that the mother will transmit the mutant allele to her offspring. Thus, the couple can bear a normal heterozygous carrier female offspring or an affected male offspring. According to the information in the image, the genotype bands of father and offspring match which clearly suggest that the offspring is an unaffected heterozygous carrier female. Answer part c) There are always 50% changes for a male to be affected by the disease. Rest 50% males will be normal both geotypically and phenotypically. Also, all the females will be phenotypically normal but 50% of them would be heterozygous carriers. Genotypes: XtX : XtY : XX : XY :: 1:1:1:1 Phenotypes: Affected : normal : carriers :: 1: 2: 1XYXtXtXXtYXXXXY Solution Answer part a) According to the gene map of the wild type and the mutant gene, it can be seen that the mutant lacks a site for restriction digestion. This shows that in wild type, the restriction enzyme can digest the DNA at any three sites and thus atleast two bands will appear after amplification. On the contrary, the deletion of middle sequence of restriction site will lead to formation of a single band in mutant gene. The smaller band will represnt the mutant and the larger band will represent the normal/wild type allele. Thus, according to this information, it can be deciphered that the mother is a heterozygous in nature and carries a mutant allele for Tay-Sachs disease while the father does not. Thus, the lower band will be a representative of mutant or \"t\" and the upper band will be a representative of normal \"T\" allele. Answer part b) Since the mother is a carrier, there are 50% chances that the mother will transmit the mutant allele to her offspring. Thus, the couple can bear a normal heterozygous carrier female offspring or an affected male offspring. According to the information in the image, the genotype bands of father and offspring match which clearly suggest that the offspring is an unaffected heterozygous carrier female. Answer part c) There are always 50% changes for a male to be affected by the disease. Rest 50% males w.