AP BIOLOGY

CELL DIVISION

MEIOSIS AND GENETIC VARIATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Andalusian fowls, black individuals (BB) and white individuals (bb) are homozygous. Heterozygous individuals are grey (Bb). What is the genotype ratio for a cross between a grey fowl and a white fowl?
A
2 BB:2 Bb:0 bb
B
0 BB:4 Bb:0 bb
C
0 BB:2 Bb:2 bb
D
1 BB:2 Bb:1 bb
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Andalusian fowls have two pure forms black and white, If black forms (BB) and white forms (WW) are crossed, F1 individuals appear blue coloured (BW), due to incomplete dominance.

Detailed explanation-2: -An Andalusian chicken (found in Spain) is an example of incomplete dominance. An offspring produced shows incomplete dominance in its feathers as the parents (a white feathered male and a black feathered female chicken) breeds to produce an offspring with blue and tinged feathers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gray: 100% Cross a BLACK chicken (BB) with a WHITE chicken (WW). These alleles show INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The F1 offspring in a cross between homozygous black cow (BB) and a homozygous white cow (WW) will be heterozygous (BW) having both black and white color (Co-dominance). 2. The offspring will be a mix of black and white color as both traits are expressed, due to co-dominance.

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