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Bob's dad has Huntington disease, His mom doesn't. Bobs dad has had genetic testing and is heterozygous for disease.?

What is the genotype of Bobs dad? his mom? What is the percentage that Bob has inherited the allele for Huntington disease? Use H and h to represent the alleles in this question.

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  • 5 years ago
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    His dad's genotype is Hh, and his mom's is hh. Bob has a 50% chance of inheriting he allele for Huntington's.

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