You Discover a New Allele of a Gene Important for Tail

question 1

Multiple Choice

You discover a new allele of a gene important for tail formation in mice. WT mice have long tails, but mice heterozygous for the allele have short tails. When you cross two heterozygous mice together, you obtain a 2:1 ratio of short- tailed mice to long- tailed mice. None of the short- tailed progeny are homozygous. What type of allele results in short tails?

• A) temperature- sensitive allele
• B) lethal allele
• C) incompletely penetrant allele
• D) partially dominant allele
• E) dominant negative allele

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