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Inheritance and genetic crosses

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Question 45

A geneticist crossed two mice with yellow hair. The yellow hair allele (YYY) is dominant to the grey hair allele (yyy), but is embryonic lethal when homozygous (YYYYYY).

The surviving offspring observed were:

  • 238 mice with yellow hair
  • 116 mice with grey hair

Calculate the simplified ratio of offspring with yellow hair to offspring with grey hair.

Give your answer in the form X:1X : 1X:1, where X X\,X is rounded to the nearest whole number.

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