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An animal with white fur and brown eyes mates with an animal with gray fur and green eyes. There are two offspring, both with white fur and brown eyes. A) can you tell which traits are caused by dominant alleles? B) can you tell whether the genes for fur color and eye color are linked? An animal with white fur and brown eyes mates with an animal with gray fur and green eyes. There are two offspring, both with white fur and brown eyes. A) can you tell which traits are caused by dominant alleles? B) can you tell whether the genes for fur color and eye color are linked? A) can you tell which traits are caused by dominant alleles? B) can you tell whether the genes for fur color and eye color are linked?

Explanation / Answer

A. Since both the offsprings got white fur and brown eyes, we can say these two are the dominant alleles. This is because gray fur and green eyes are not expressed in this generation.

B. From this info mentioned in the question, we can't say these two genes are linked.

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