If two normal parents have an albino child, the genotypes of the parents are
A) AA x Aa B) Aa x Aa C) Aa x aa D) aa x aa
Answer: Option B. Aa X Aa.
Explanation: Albino is a recessive trait so the offspring should
have two copies of the recessive allele. Now the parents are normal
which means they have a dominant allele. Since offspring should
have two copies of the recessive allele to be albino each parent
must contain at least one copy of the recessive allele. If we look
at the options all the conditions match with option B that means
each parent is Aa and they can have an albino child (25% chance).
So if they have four children three will be Aa (normal) and one
will be aa (albino).
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