Suppose Members of a True-Breeding Strain of Salamanders with Yellow

question 173

Multiple Choice

Suppose members of a true-breeding strain of salamanders with yellow stripes are crossed with a true-breeding strain with red stripes.Red and yellow are two alleles of the same gene.The resulting offspring have both yellow stripes and red stripes.Which dominance pattern is most likely?

• A) Red stripes are dominant to yellow stripes.
• B) Yellow stripes are dominant to red stripes.
• C) Red and yellow stripes exhibit incomplete dominance.
• D) Red and yellow stripes exhibit overdominance.
• E) Red and yellow stripes exhibit codominance.

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