AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In bunnies, fur color is a dominant-recessive trait. Black is dominant and white is recessive. What color will a heterozygous (Aa) bunny be?
A
white
B
black
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Black is the dominant fur color for rabbits and white is the recessive. B stands for the black allele and b represents the white allele. A white rabbit would have a genotype of bb and a black rabbit could have a genotype of BB or Bb.

Detailed explanation-2: -In rabbits, black (B) coat colour is dominant over white (b) coat colour. Which Punnett square correctly represents a cross between a rabbit heterozygous for coat colour and a white rabbit?

Detailed explanation-3: -A rabbit that is heterozygous Bb will be black. Why? Because the B allele is dominant over the recessive b allele, so a rabbit with genotype Bb will have the same coat color phenotype as a rabbit with the dominant homozygous genotype BB.

Detailed explanation-4: -Every rabbit on the planet has a coat color genotype. The wild bunny color is a chestnut agouti, and it’s the most dominant coat color there is.

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