Silky feathers in fancy breeds of chickens are caused by a gene whose effect is recessive to
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Silky feathers in fancy breeds of chickens are caused by a gene whose effect is recessive to that for normal feathers.
a. If ninety-six birds were raised from a cross between individuals that were heterozygous for this gene, how many would be expected to be silky and how many would be expected to be normal?
b. If you had a normal feathered bird, what would be the easiest way to determine whether it is homozygous or heterozygous?
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Statistics for the Life Sciences
ISBN: 978-0321989581
5th edition
Authors: Myra Samuels, Jeffrey Witmer, Andrew Schaffner
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