Silky feathers in fowl are caused by a gene whose effect is recessive to that of normal feathers.

(a) If 98 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 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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a Given that the parents were heterozygous the genotype of the parents w... View the full answer