The prediction below relates to the abstract and news article posted in the OA2

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The prediction below relates to the abstract and news article posted in the OA2 folder. Choose all the options needed to complete the prediction. If the bear cub in the news article is not an albino but a white- phase bear because it has the same genotype as a Kermode bear in Ritland and Marshall (2001) then the bear cub will be _____ at ____ and have DNA that codes for ______ from its _______.

Tyr

Cys at codon 298

MC1R

albino

mother only

heterozygous

homozygous recessive

mother and its father

Use the link https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11566108?dopt=Abstract to answer.

Tyr

Cys at codon 298

MC1R

albino

mother only

heterozygous

homozygous recessive

mother and its father

Use the link https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11566108?dopt=Abstract to answer.

Explanation / Answer

If the bear cub in the news article is not an albino but a white- phase bear because it has the same genotype as a Kermode bear in Ritland and Marshall (2001) then the bear cub will be heterozygous at Cys at codon 298 and have DNA that codes for MC1R from its mother and its father.

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