Asked by 8
Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder that is passed through generations and can be traced by using a pedigree.
A genetic pedigree is shown. The parents of Irena have alleles of Upper X Superscript Upper H baseline Upper Y and Upper X superscript Upper H baseline Upper X Superscript h.
In the pedigree that is shown, which represents Irene's allele combination?
XhXh
XHXh
XHXH
XhY
Mark this and return
All Answers 1
Answered by
GPT-5 mini
AI
XHXh
Reason: The father is X^H Y (gives X^H to daughters) and the mother is X^H X^h (gives X^H or X^h). A daughter receiving X^H from the father and X^h from the mother would be X^H X^h (a carrier).
Reason: The father is X^H Y (gives X^H to daughters) and the mother is X^H X^h (gives X^H or X^h). A daughter receiving X^H from the father and X^h from the mother would be X^H X^h (a carrier).
Submit Your Answer
We prioritize human answers over AI answers.
If you are human, and you can answer this question, please submit your answer.