Please Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 17

Multiple Choice

Please use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
A man who is an achondroplastic dwarf with normal vision marries a color-blind woman of normal height. The man's father was 6 feet tall, and both the woman's parents were of average height. Achondroplastic dwarfism is autosomal dominant, and red-green color blindness is X-linked recessive.
-Which of the following statements provides an example of epistasis?

• A) Recessive genotypes for each of two genes (aabb) result in an albino corn snake.
• B) In rabbits and many other mammals, one genotype (ee) prevents any fur color from developing.
• C) In Drosophila (fruit flies), white eyes can be due to a combination of multiple genes.
• D) In cacti, there are several genes for the type of spines.

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Definitions:

Major Premise

In a syllogism, the broader statement that provides the initial argument from which a conclusion is derived.

Categorical Proposition

A claim that validates or contradicts information about every member within a classification.

Distinct Term(s)

Refers to terms in a logical argument or proposition that are recognizably different from each other.

Middle Term

In a syllogism, the term that appears in both premises but not in the conclusion, serving as the link between the major and minor premise.