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Offline Padfoot

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lethal alleles
« on: August 19, 2007, 12:48:28 AM »
Hi everyone
I'm doing an assignment on Mendelian genetics and am currently looking at a monohybrid cross at an autosomal lethal locus.  Does anyone know if it is possible for one of the parents to have a dominant lethal allele? I've been told it is possible for lethals to be dominant, but how can they be involved in the cross, shouldn't they be dead??
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Re: lethal alleles
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2007, 01:29:44 AM »
Lethal alleles produce a lethal phenotype only when present in two copies.  Heterozygotes are viable and may or may not exhibit a mutant phenotype.

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