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Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common genetic diseases in America. It is estimated
that 1 in 23 Americans are carriers for Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive trait
that follows Mendel's Law of Dominance.
Answer ALL parts of the free response below - be sure to use vocabulary and explain your
response in detail:
A. Explain what Mendel's Law of Dominance means

B. Explain how 2 parents who do NOT have Cystic Fibrosis could have a child with cystic
fibrosis.

Answer:

a.When an organism is heterogeneous for a trait, it expresses only the dominant allele

b. A child will be born with CF only if they inherit one CF gene from each parent. A person who has only one CF gene is called a CF carrier. They are healthy and don't have the disease. But they are a carrier of the disease.

Explanation:

a.In other words, the dominant trait always masks the recessive trait.

b.A parent can be a CF carrier, and pass the CF gene on to their child.

Due to sun damage, a skin cell acquired a mutation in DNA sequence in a gene essential for cell survival. This mutation, however, was not passed on to the offspring of the organism. Which explanation best accounts for this observation?