Friday, August 19, 2011

Genetics -what are the genotypes of the male and female?

In rabbits, the Mitten gene is X-linked. The wild-type M allele has a dominant phenotype of pigmented paws; the m allele has a recessive phenotype of “mittens” (white paws). The Giant gene is autosomal. The wild-type g allele has a recessive phenotype of normal size; the G allele has a dominant phenotype of large size (giant). You cross a normal sized female who also had the mittens phenotype, to a male from a pure-breeding strain of rabbits that have giant size and pigmented paws.

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