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barry barry
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11 years ago
Feather color in chickens is the result of an incompletely dominant gene. The gene responsible for black feathers (B) when homozygous results in a muted color called "Andalusian blue" if combined with an allele for white feathers (b). When the white allele occurs in homozygous conditions, a white phenotype results. A gene affecting comb shape (R), which results in a comb called a "rose" comb, is completely dominant over (r), which in homozygous conditions results in a comb called "single." A mating between a black single rooster and white rose hen results in a number of chicks, all of which have identical phenotypes.

What is the phenotype and genotype of the chicks?
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11 years ago
This must represent a cross (BBrr × bbRR), which results in all the F1 genotypes being heterozygous (BbRr). The phenotype is blue rose.
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