A Guinea Pig with Short Orange Fur Is Crossed with a Guinea

question 64

Multiple Choice

A guinea pig with short orange fur is crossed with a guinea pig with long orange fur. The offspring are also crossed, and the F₂ generation contains 17 guinea pigs with long orange fur, 2 guinea pigs with short beige fur, 6 with short orange fur, and 7 with long beige fur.
Which of the following phenotypes are dominant?

• A)Dominance cannot be determined.
• B)Long and orange are dominant.
• C)Short and beige are dominant.
• D)Long and beige are dominant.

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