Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions Below

question 68

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Skin colour in a certain species of fish is inherited via a single gene with four different alleles.
-One fish of this type has alleles 1 and 3 (S₁S₃) and its mate has alleles 2 and 4 (S₂S₄) . If each allele confers a unit of colour darkness such that S₁ has one unit, S₂ has two units, and so on, then what proportion of their offspring would be expected to have five units of colour?

• A)1/4
• B)1/5
• C)1/8
• D)1/2
• E)0

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