The nurse is constructing a Punnett square to predict inheritance patterns for a couple planning to marry and have children. How would the nurse construct this square?
1. Draw a 4 x 4 grid as the basis of the square.
2. Enter the phenotypes of the couple in the squares.
3. Enter the woman's information on both sides of the square.
4. Combine a letter from each column with a letter from each row in the intersecting square.
Rationale 1: The grid is 2 x 2.
Rationale 2: The genotypes are entered into the squares.
Rationale 3: The woman's information is entered across the top of the square.
Rationale 4: The Punnett square is constructed by entering the mother's genotype across the top (example Bb) and the father's genotype down the left side (example BB). Each inside square is completed by combining a letter from each column with a letter from each row.
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