The nurse is presenting a conference on gene dominance. What does the nurse report as the percentage of children carrying the dominant gene if one parent has a dominant gene and the other parent does not?
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 100%
ANS: C
If one parent has a dominant trait and the other does not, then 50% of the children will inherit the trait.
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