Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Individuals with the same phenotype might have different genotypes.

b. Matings between individuals with dominant phenotypes cannot produce offspring with recessive phenotypes.

c. Matings between individuals with recessive phenotypes usually do not produce offspring with dominant phenotypes.

d. Individuals with the same genotype might have different phenotypes.

e. All of the above choices are correct.

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Marcos Wu

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5 December, 00:24

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Individuals with the same phenotype might have different genotypes.

b. Matings between individuals with dominant phenotypes cannot produce offspring with recessive phenotypes.

c. Matings between individuals with recessive phenotypes usually do not produce offspring with dominant phenotypes.

d. Individuals with the same genotype might have different phenotypes.

e. All of the above choices are correct.

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Frye · Answer 1

The statement that is FALSE is:

B) Matings between individuals with dominant phenotypes cannot produce offspring with recessive phenotypes.

For example, you can have a mating between an Rr parent and another Rr parent; they can still have a 25% chance of having an offspring with alleles of rr.