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Title: A female black cat mated with an albino male and gave birth to 6 black kittens. When the albino male ...
Post by: bah1234 on Mar 29, 2018
A female black cat mated with an albino male and gave birth to 6 black kittens. When the albino male
  was mated with a different female black cat, 3 black cats and 2 albino cats were produced. How can
  you explain this genetic situation? Write genotypes for all three parental cats and offspring. What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is dosage compensation with respect to the sex chromosomes, and how is this accomplished in
  humans? What will be an ideal response?


Title: A female black cat mated with an albino male and gave birth to 6 black kittens. When the albino male ...
Post by: michjfrg88 on Mar 29, 2018
Answer to q. 1

Concepts to Consider: The first female black cat was homozygous dominant for the albinism gene.
The second female black cat was heterozygous. The albino male was homozygous recessive. All the
offspring from the first mating were heterozygous. In the second mating, the black offspring were
heterozygous, while the albinos were all recessive.

Answer to q. 2

Dosage combination equalizes the expression of X-linked genes in males and females. The process of
dosage compensation involves the random inactivation of one of the two X chromosomes in the
female


Title: A female black cat mated with an albino male and gave birth to 6 black kittens. When the albino male ...
Post by: bah1234 on Mar 29, 2018
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Title: A female black cat mated with an albino male and gave birth to 6 black kittens. When the albino male ...
Post by: michjfrg88 on Mar 29, 2018
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