Suppose That Hair Color Is a Single-Gene Trait and That

question 192

Multiple Choice

Suppose that hair color is a single-gene trait and that dark hair is dominant and blonde hair is recessive. Also, suppose that Terry's mother has dark hair and his father has blonde hair. If Terry has blonde hair, we would ______ Terry's phenotype for hair color and would ________ Terry's genotype for hair color.

• A) know; not know
• B) not know; know
• C) know; know
• D) not know; not know

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