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Study the given pedigree chart and answer the question that follow.
Give the genotypes of the parents shown in generation I and their third child shown in generation II and the first grandchild shown in generation III.
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  • The pedigree shows a autosomal dominant trait.
  • The genotype of the affected individual is AA/Aa and unaffected individual is aa.
  • The genotype of the father is 'Aa' and that of mother is 'aa'.
  • The genotype of the third child in the first generation is 'Aa'.
  • The genotype of the first child in the third generation is 'Aa'.

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