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#18.Use the following information to answer the next two questions.

In horses, tobiano is a white spotting pattern. The tobiano allele (T) is dominant over the non-tobiano (t) allele.

What is the probability, expressed as a percentage, of two heterozygous horses producing two non-tobiano foals in succession?

Express your answer as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.

#19. What is the probability of the third foal being tobiano?

Record your answer as a value between 0 and 1 rounded to two decimal places.
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#18.Use the following information to answer the next two questions.

In horses, tobiano is a white spotting pattern. The tobiano allele (T) is dominant over the non-tobiano (t) allele.

What is the probability, expressed as a percentage, of two heterozygous horses producing two non-tobiano foals in succession?

Express your answer as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.

   T      t
T   TT      Tt
t   Tt      tt

1/4 or 0.25

0.25 * 0.25 = 1/16 = 0.0625 -- write in 0.06 (that's two decimal places)
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#19. What is the probability of the third foal being tobiano?

Record your answer as a value between 0 and 1 rounded to two decimal places.

0.25^3 = 1/64 = 0.015625 = 0.02 (rounded to two decimal places)
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