Two carriers have a 25 percent chance of having an unaffected child with two normal genes (left), a 50 percent chance of having an unaffected child who also is a carrier (middle), and a 25 percent chance of having an affected child with two recessive genes (right).wo carriers have a 25 percent chance of having an unaffected child with two normal genes (left), a 50 percent chance of having an unaffected child who also is a carrier (middle), and a 25 percent chance of having an affected child with two recessive genes (right).
Top definition. flat. 1. The name given to an apartment which you rent weekly or monthly. 2. The name given to someone who is not cool and is dull and boring. 3. The name given to a woman with no or hardly any breasts. 4. Something which is level, does not decrease or increase.
And the word 'plain' usually means a flat, wide area. Put those two things together and you have an abyssal plain, which refers to the huge, flat areas on the ocean floor. Flat is almost an understatement. The abyssal plains are some of the flattest features on the planet. Some drop in elevation less than a foot for every 1,000 feet in distance.