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Date May 2015 Marks available 1 Reference code 15M.1.HL.TZ1.11
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Calculate Question number 11 Adapted from N/A

Question

The presence of freckles is a characteristic controlled by a dominant gene. Two parents who are heterozygous for the characteristic have three children, all of whom have freckles. Which statement is true if they have a fourth child?
A. There is a 100 % chance that their next child will have freckles.
B. There is a 75 % chance that their next child will have freckles.
C. There is a 50 % chance that their next child will have freckles.
D. The next child will have no freckles as the ratio is 3 with freckles to 1 without freckles.

Markscheme

B

Examiners report

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Core » Topic 3: Genetics » 3.4 Inheritance
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