Suppose a white-furred rabbit breeds with a black-furred rabbit and all of their offspring have a phenotype of gray fur. What does the gene for fur color in rabbits appear to be an example of?*1 pointMosaicismCodominanceIncomplete dominanceComplete dominance
Question
Suppose a white-furred rabbit breeds with a black-furred rabbit and all of their offspring have a phenotype of gray fur. What does the gene for fur color in rabbits appear to be an example of?*1 pointMosaicismCodominanceIncomplete dominanceComplete dominance
Solution
The gene for fur color in rabbits, in this case, appears to be an example of Incomplete dominance.
Incomplete dominance is a form of intermediate inheritance in which one allele for a specific trait is not completely expressed over its paired allele. This results in a third phenotype in which the expressed physical trait is a combination of the phenotypes of both alleles. In this case, neither the white fur (from one parent) nor the black fur (from the other parent) is dominant, resulting in offspring with gray fur.
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