In some chickens, the gene for feather colour is controlled by codominance. The allele for black is FB and the allele for white is FW. If two erminette chickens were crossed, what is the probability that they will have a black chick? Question 8 options: 0% 50% 100% 25% 75%
Question
In some chickens, the gene for feather colour is controlled by codominance. The allele for black is FB and the allele for white is FW.
If two erminette chickens were crossed, what is the probability that they will have a black chick?
Question 8 options:
0%
50%
100%
25%
75%
Solution
Erminette chickens are a result of codominance between the black (FB) and white (FW) alleles, meaning they have one of each allele (FBFW).
When two erminette chickens are crossed, the possible combinations are:
- FB from the first chicken and FB from the second chicken (FBFB) - Black chicken
- FB from the first chicken and FW from the second chicken (FBFW) - Erminette chicken
- FW from the first chicken and FB from the second chicken (FWFB) - Erminette chicken
- FW from the first chicken and FW from the second chicken (FWFW) - White chicken
So, out of the four possible outcomes, none of them result in a black chicken (FBFB). Therefore, the probability that two erminette chickens will have a black chick is 0%.
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