In humans, having freckles is the result of a dominant gene, and not having freckles is a recessive trait. If a freckled man who is homozygous for this trait has a child with a woman who does not have freckles, which of the following best describes how their child would most likely appear?. . A.Their child would not have freckles if the father passes on the recessive allele.. . B.Their child would have freckles.. . C.Their child would not have freckles.. . D.Their child would have freckles since the mother is a carrier for freckles..
The answer to the question above is letter B. In humans, having freckles is the result of a dominate gene and not having freckles is a recessive trait. If the freckled man is homozygous and the woman doesn't have freckles then the child would have freckles.
Answer:
Option B, Their child would have freckles
Explanation:
Given -
Dominant trait - Having freckles
Recessive trait - Not having freckles
Let the trait of having freckle be "F" and not having freckle be "f"
The cross is carried between the following parents with following genotype -
Man is homozygous freckled - FF
Woman is not having freckles - ff
The cross between the above parents produce the following offspring -
FF x ff
Ff, Ff, Ff, Ff
All the offspring are heterozygous and possess freckles.
Hence, option B is correct.