Marbles Is a Calico Cat with a Manx Tail

question 26

Multiple Choice

Marbles is a calico cat with a Manx tail.She wants to have kittens with a male calico,but can't seem to find one.Alas,male calicos are rare; the only ones have the sex chromosome constitution XXY.Male calicos are therefore rare because

• A) all male cats have a dominant gene on the Y that masks the calico gene on the X.
• B) most male cats only have one Y chromosome, so it cannot be shut off.
• C) most male cats have only one X chromosome, so it cannot be shut off.
• D) they die just after birth.
• E) male calicos lack sex chromosomes.

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