One parent has one copy of a dominant allele for gene 87 and one recessive allele for Gene 87.The other parent has two copies of the dominant allele for Gene 87.What is the chance that their children will inherit the recessive condition (two copies of Gene 87)? You may need to draw a Punnett square to figure this out.

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The recessive condition requires two recessive alleles. Since one parent has two dominant alleles, all children will inherit at least one dominant allele, making it impossible for them to have two recessive alleles.

One Parent Has One Copy of a Dominant Allele for Gene