Morgan Breeds and Sells Snakes

question 29

Multiple Choice

Morgan breeds and sells snakes. He knows that he can make the most money by breeding and selling albino snakes. Albinism is a recessive trait. His female albino corn snake just produced six offspring. Two displayed normal coloration and four were albino. What do you know about the genotype of the baby snakes with the normal coloration?

• A) They must be homozygous dominant.
• B) They must be homozygous recessive.
• C) They must be heterozygous.
• D) They could be either heterozygous or homozygous dominant.
• E) There is not enough information to determine their genotype, but we know that they must carry the dominant allele.

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