AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

THE PEDIGREE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Of sixteen rabbits just born, thirteen have brown fur and three have white fur. The trait for white fur is considered to be
A
recessive
B
bossy
C
stronger
D
dominant
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Coat color in rabbits is inherited as a series of multiple alleles. This means that there can be more than just 2 alleles for a single gene. In the case of coat color in rabbits, there are four alleles, and each one is expressed with a different phenotype.

Detailed explanation-2: -Offspring that result from crosses between parents with different traits are called hybrids.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Answer: b. monohybrid. A cross between two individuals that differ with respect to one character is called a monohybrid.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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