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Question 8

In guinea pigs, hair colour and hair length are determined by two genes located on different chromosomes.

Hair colour is determined by a gene with two alleles:

  • Allele BBB is dominant and results in black hair.
  • Allele bbb is recessive and results in brown hair.

Hair length is determined by a gene with two alleles:

  • Allele SSS is dominant and results in short hair.
  • Allele sss is recessive and results in long hair.

Two guinea pigs are crossed:

  • One parent has black, short hair and is heterozygous for both genes.
  • The other parent has brown, short hair and is heterozygous for the hair length gene.

Complete the following details to show this genetic cross:

a.

Parental genotypes

[1]
b.

Gametes

[1]
c.

Expected offspring phenotypes

[1]
d.

Expected phenotypic ratio

[1]
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