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Biology
Category: Science > Biology Asked by: meanie222-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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03 Dec 2005 15:36 PST
Expires: 09 Dec 2005 04:20 PST Question ID: 601040 |
Intermdiate Inheritance: In cattle there is a pair of genes, red & white, neither of which is dominant over the other. When both genes (alleles) are present the blended mixture produces a roan apperance intermediate between red & white cows. If a bull is red, the cow white, what colors are possible for their offspring? If both parents are roan, what are the genotypic and phenotypic ratios for the claves? Genetypic ratio ____ ? Phenotypic_______ ? |
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Re: Biology
From: hillbert-ga on 08 Dec 2005 22:22 PST |
I'm using R to represent the red allele, and W for the white one. First part first: The bull is red, and the cow is white. So the bull must have a genotype of RR, and the cow is WW. RR x WW: | W | W | -------------- R | RW | RW | -------------- R | RW | RW | -------------- I think this one was fairly straightforward! In every case, the offspring will have the one of each allele, giving RW genotype and hence the roan phenotype. That is to say, roan is the only possible colour for their calves. Now, if both parents were roan: RW x RW: | R | W | -------------- R | RR | RW | -------------- W | RW | WW | -------------- We get 1/4 RR, 2/4 RW, and 1/4 WW. The genotypic ratio, then, is 1 RR : 2 RW : 1 WW, or 1:2:1 And the phenotypic ratio is 1 red : 2 roan : 1 white, or 1:2:1 again. |
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