The following is a partial pedigree of the British royal family. ...

Question

The following is a partial pedigree of the British royal family. The family contains several inbred individuals and a number of inbreeding pathways. Carefully evaluate the pedigree, and identify the pathways and common ancestors that produce inbred individuals A (Alice in generation IV), B (George VI in generation VI), and C (Charles in generation VIII).

Accepted Answer

Hello, everyone and welcome to today's video. So who among the following individuals are the result of inbreeding in the partial pedigree of the British Royal family. And so we are presented with a pedigree of the British Royal family and we need to determine which ones are going to be a result of inbreeding or just breeding within the family. Well, remember that here, we're presented with a pedigree and any individuals are connected between the lines of this pedigree as such, are going to be within the family. They're going to be brothers and any individuals are connected as such are going to be Maty. Now, for example, let's look at George the sixth. Now George the six here in the sixth generation is going to be the son of George the fifth and Victoria Merri of Tech. Now, Victoria Me of Tech is going to be coming from within the family. She's not going to be an outsider such as this individual here. This individual is coming from outside the family because there is no connection to the pedigree. But Victoria Mary of Tech is going to be coming from within the family. And if we and if we look at the pedigree again, this George the fifth is also going to be coming from within the family as we see here. So George the six is the result of inbreeding. That is one of them. Also, let's take a look up here to Alice in the fourth generation. Alice is going to be the daughter of Victoria and Albert. So Albert is going to be coming again from within the family. and Victoria is also going to be coming from within the family and their mating or their cousins and their mating. Therefore, Alice, it's also going to be a result of inbreeding and these are the only two individuals that we have here in the pedigree that are going to be a result of in reading. So if we look at our answer choices here, the correct answer is going to be B in generation four and George the sex in generation six, really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.

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