You have been asked to record data on the phenotypes of this population, and you
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You have been asked to record data on the phenotypes of this population, and you find that all the camels with a long tail also have a tan coat, and all the camels with a short tail have a white coat. On rare occasion, you will see a long-tailed white camel, or a short-tailed tan camel. But the vast majority is long/tan or short/white. What is a reasonable explanation for the predominance of these two phenotypes? Note: both colors and both tail lengths are equally fit for their environment, so there is no selective advantage to one over the other.
Camels with long tails and tan coats are more tolerant of heat and more likely to survive.Explanation / Answer
The gene loci for coat color and tail length are on the same chromosome, but are not close together. It means these genes are linked but show incomplete linkage
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