If a widow’s peak (W) is controlled by a dominant allele and a straight hairline (w) is controlled by a recessive allele, how would you describe a person whose genotype is Ww?

The correct answer is - a heterozygous individual with widow's peak.

Explanation:

In the given case, the dominant character is the widow's peak that is represented by the allele W and the straight hairline is a recessive character represented by the allele w. So, if an individual has both dominant alleles WW it means this individual has widows peek as W is the dominant allele and if this individual has ww allele it means the straight is expressed as no dominant allele to mask the effect of recessive allele w.

In the case of heterozygous that means one copy of dominant and one copy of recessive allele is present that is Ww then this individual have a widow's peak due to the fact that dominant allele will mask the effect of recessive allele.

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.

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