A woman with “hitch-hiker’s thumb” marries a man who lacks this trait (but whose mother had...

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A woman with “hitch-hiker’s thumb” marries a man who lacks thistrait (but whose mother had it). What is the probability that achild born to this couple will have a hitch-hiker’s thumb?

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The Hitchhikers thumb is the hyperflexible thumbs that can be able to bend backward beyond the normal range It is thought to be regulated by a recessive alleleThe allele which codes for the normal finger can be denoted by the letter H and the allele which codes for the hitchhikers    See Answer
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