Can two people with lobed ears have a child with attracted ears if they each had a parent with
attracted ears?
Solution
The recessive allele in a person\'s phenotype is the one that is unexpressed. The phenotype is the
physical makeup of a person that can be seen. Some traits have more than two alleles to them.
During reproduction, there is a crossing over of chromosomes between the mother and father.
For many phenotypes, the alleles from each parent will make up the chromosomes of the child.
In some situations, if the two parents each have one recessive allele for a certain trait, their child
can end up displaying the recessive phenotype. This means that both of them can have lobed ears
but their child could have attached earlobes..
Can two people with lobed ears have a child with attracted ears if t.pdf
1. Can two people with lobed ears have a child with attracted ears if they each had a parent with
attracted ears?
Solution
The recessive allele in a person's phenotype is the one that is unexpressed. The phenotype is the
physical makeup of a person that can be seen. Some traits have more than two alleles to them.
During reproduction, there is a crossing over of chromosomes between the mother and father.
For many phenotypes, the alleles from each parent will make up the chromosomes of the child.
In some situations, if the two parents each have one recessive allele for a certain trait, their child
can end up displaying the recessive phenotype. This means that both of them can have lobed ears
but their child could have attached earlobes.
