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imagine you have a population of voles with different coat colors. you assume th

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Question

imagine you have a population of voles with different coat colors. you assume that coat color is determined by a single gene. based on your obseration otu also elieve that there are two alleels an allele specifying red coats and alleele specifying brown coats. without any info other than the group of voles you see in front of you. how could you go about determining which allele is dominant?

a. perform a test cross with a homozygous recessie individual

b. perform a dihybrid test cross

c count voles for each coat color and the coat color more commonly represented will be dominant

d. take blood samples.

e. more han one answer applies

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

c count voles for each coat color and the coat color more commonly represented will be dominant

Explanation:

Perform monohybrid cross, in which F2 generation results more dominant phenotypes and less recessive phenotypes