Question : The gene for red hair is recessive to the gene for black hair. What will be the hair colour of a person if he inherits a gene for red hair from his mother and a gene for black hair from his father ? Form the flow chart of this cross.

Question : The gene for red hair is recessive to the gene for black ha

1.	Question : The gene for red hair is recessive to the gene for black hair. What will be the hair colour of a person if he inherits a gene for red hair from his mother and a gene for black hair from his father ? Form the flow chart of this cross.
Answer» Solution :Given that RED HAIR- Recessive `therefore` bb. BLACK hair - DOMINANT `therefore` BB. his person inherits one recessive gene (b) from mother and a dominant gene (B) from father ie-, Hence, this person will have black hair as he is heterozygous for black.