In the family, both parents suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), they had a daughter with normal blood
September 14, 2020 | Education
| In the family, both parents suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), they had a daughter with normal blood pressure (recessive trait (s)). Determine the genotypes of family members for the indicated trait.
Because the daughter has a recessive trait – normal blood pressure, which means the aa genotype, and the mother and father have hypertension – it means the parents are heterozygous (Aa) by the trait.
Answer: Mother – Aa; father – Aa; daughter – aa.
