For each of the following genetic pedigree, determine the patterns of inheritanc

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For each of the following genetic pedigree, determine the patterns of inheritance and explain your answer in a few sentences.
A family tree of sorts is called a pedigree. The symbols used for a pedigree are:
○ female, unaffected
● female, affected
□ male, unaffected
■ male, affected
Siblings are placed in birth order from left to right and are labeled with Arabic numerals, and each generation is marked with a Roman numeral. Therefore, the male exhibiting the trait in the pedigree below in the bottom, the center, would be identified as III-4.
Which members of the family above are affected by Huntington’s Disease?
There are no carriers for Huntington’s Disease- you either have it, or you don’t. With this in mind, is Huntington’s disease caused by a dominant or recessive trait?
How many children did individuals I-1 and I-2 have?
How many girls did II-1 and II-2 have?
How are individuals III-2 and II-4 related?
The pedigree above shows the passing on of colorblindness.
What is sex MOST likely to be carriers of colorblindness?
Why does individual IV-7 (a female) have colorblindness?
Why do all the daughters in generation II carry the colorblind gene?
List 2 IV generation colorblind males.
Is this trait dominant or recessive? Explain your answer.
What gave you the essential information to decide that II-3 and II-4 were heterozygous?
Brown eyes are a dominant eye-color allele, and blue eyes are recessive. A brown-eyed woman whose father had blue eyes and whose mother had brown eyes marries a brown-eyed man whose parents are also brown-eyed. They have a son who is blue-eyed. Draw a pedigree (info above) showing all four grandparents, the two parents, and the son. Indicate each individual’s possible genotypes.

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