Mendelian inheritance specifies that if two heterozygous individuals mate, the chances that a child would be homozygous for the recessive allele would be
A) 25%.
B) 50%.
C) 75%.
D) impossible to predict.

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In Mendelian inheritance, when two heterozygous individuals (Aa) mate, the genotype ratio is 1:2:1 (AA:Aa:aa). The probability of a child being homozygous recessive (aa) is 1 out of 4, or 25%.

Mendelian Inheritance Specifies That If Two Heterozygous Individuals Mate, the Chances