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question 147

Multiple Choice

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Two different groups of imaginary schmoos live in geographically separated locations and rarely interbreed. On one occasion, a big-footed white schmoo does mate with a small-footed brown schmoo. Three offspring result: one big-footed brown schmoo and two small-footed brown schmoos.
-Which statement about the inheritance of color in schmoos is most likely to be correct?

• A) Brown is dominant to white.
• B) White is dominant to brown.
• C) White and brown are codominant.
• D) Both a and c
• E) This cannot be answered without more information.

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