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#Question id: 19120


Trisomy 18 is one of the most common trisomies observed in human populations. You prepare DNA samples from two unrelated infants, both with trisomy 18, and from their parents. You then type the infants and their parents for four SSRs distributed along chromosome 18:
 

                                      
In which parent did nondisjunction occur in Family 1?

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. Mom gave to the daughter one copies of 1B, 2C, and one each of 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B.
  2. Dad gave to the daughter one each of 1B, 1C, 2B, 2C, and two copies each of 3B and 4A.
  3. Mom gave to the daughter two copies of 1B, two copies of 2C, and one each of 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B.
  4. Dad gave to the daughter two copies of 1B, 2C, 3B,  4B.