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Using the rule of independent events and the product rule, consider the probabilities for the following Di-hybrid cross.
Some dogs bark while others are silent when trailing prey. The barking characteristic is due to a dominant gene (B). Erect ears (E) are dominant to drooping ears (e).
a.If you crossed a dog heterozygous for both traits with a droopy-eared, silent trailer, what are the chances that one of their offspring will be dominant for both traits (erect-eared, barking trailer)?
b.What are the chances of these two dogs producing a droopy-eared, silent trailer?
c.If two dogs heterozygous for both traits were crossed, what would be the chance of them producing a droopy-eared, silent trailer?


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Heterozygous dog: EeBb
Droopy-eared, silent trailer dog: it has to be all recessive because if you had any dominant alleles the dominant allele would be expressed: eebb.

EeBb x eebb

Now eebb can only ever produce eb gametes.

So you find the possible outcomes of EeBb:
Remember you must have one letter e (or E) and one letter b (or B) in each gamete.

I won't tell you the answer, but i will give you a clue.

Firstly: for EeBb, there are four possible gametes that can be produced.

Secondly:
If the genotypes of two organisms, for a particular trait were:
AAbb and aabb

If you crossed AAbb with aabb you get:
aabb only ever producing ab genes (no other combination).

AAbb producing only Ab genes (no other combination).

Combine the possibilities:

ab x Ab = Aabb

The offspring will ever only be Aabb.

If you can work out the possible gametes, you can work out the genotype. If you can do that, you can work out question a and b.


Question C:
Heterozygous for both the traits in this case means that there is one of each allele.
So it would have E, e, B and b alleles.

Crossing EeBb x EeBb can produce what different types of gametes? From that you can determine the answer to the question.

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Good luck.
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