NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

GENETIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In some mice, black fur is dominant to white.A true-breeding black mouse is crossed with a white mouse.What percent of the offspring will have white fur?
A
0%
B
25%
C
50%
D
75%
E
100%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What percentage of the offspring will have white fur? Well, the answer is 0%.

Detailed explanation-2: -For mice black (B) is dominant phenotype and white (b) is recessive. In certain experiment, a black male mouse of genotype Bb is crossed with a white female of genotype bb. Show with the help of a chart that, when baby are produced, the ratio of black and white will be 1:1.

Detailed explanation-3: -The dominant color in mice from black and white is black. The recessive gene in the black mice is in codominant and incomplete dominance with the white allele. However, the black mice have different recessive genes.

Detailed explanation-4: -When a mouse with black fur is crossed with a mouse with white fur, all f1 generation offspring have gray fur.

Detailed explanation-5: -Complete answer: The probability that a white mouse that is homozygous for long fur and a mouse heterozygous for both traits can have an offspring with short white fur is 0. Let us understand this by analysing the genes responsible for the traits and how they are inherited by the progeny.

There is 1 question to complete.