In sheep, white fur is dominant to black fur. If two white sheep produce a black offspring, the parent's genotypes for color must be:

A) Heterozygous.

B) Homozygous white.

C) Homozygous black. D) White

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Evan Jenkins

Biology

14 December, 06:43

In sheep, white fur is dominant to black fur. If two white sheep produce a black offspring, the parent's genotypes for color must be:

A) Heterozygous.

B) Homozygous white.

C) Homozygous black. D) White

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Jaelyn Williams · Answer 1

The answer is A

The parents must be heterozygous because they're dominant for white fur but they also carry that recessive allele for black fur. The offspring will have a 25% chance of having black fur.

In sheep, white fur is dominant to black fur. If two white sheep produce a black offspring, the parent's genotypes for color must be:A) Heterozygous.B) Homozygous white.C) Homozygous black. D) White

In sheep, white fur is dominant to black fur. If two white sheep produce a black offspring, the parent's genotypes for color must be:

A) Heterozygous.

B) Homozygous white.

C) Homozygous black. D) White