In Cats, Black Coat (B) Is Codominant with Yellow (B)

question 42

Multiple Choice

In cats, black coat (B) is codominant with yellow (b) .The coat color gene is on the X chromosome.Calico cats, which have coats with black and yellow patches, are heterozygous for the coat color alleles.A calico female, Pickle, has a litter, whose characteristics are found in the table. What is the genotype and phenotype of the father?

• A) X^BY; yellow
• B) X^bY; yellow
• C) X^BY; black
• D) X^bY; black
• E) X^bY; calico

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