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miss Akunina
2 months ago
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a cat has the folded ear trait (ee), which is recessive. It is crossed with one that is a carrier for the trait (Ee). How many k

ittens would you expect to have folded ears?

Biology
1 answer:
Rainbow [2.3K]2 months ago
5 0

Answer:It is presumed that this scenario represents complete dominance, and one of the traits is dominant. To express the recessive characteristic, both alleles (gene variants) must be recessive (both lowercase). However, to show the dominant phenotype, the condition requires both alleles to be dominant (uppercase) or a combination of one dominant and one recessive (heterozygous).

Thus, there are two genotype possibilities for the cat with the dominant characteristic. Since the specific genetic makeup is not yet determined, utilize the symbols "E" and "e" and create two possible Punnett squares:

......|...e...|...e...|  

..E..|..Ee..|..Ee..|  

..E..|..Ee..|..Ee..| 

......|...e...|...e...| 

..E..|..Ee..|..Ee..| 

..e...|..ee..|..ee..|

In the first Punnett square, all offspring exhibit the same genotype, resulting in identical phenotypes. The second square presents two genotypes among offspring, where one produces the dominant phenotype (Ee) and the other produces the recessive phenotype (ee). As per the given problem, since all offspring share the same phenotype, the appropriate Punnett square is the first, indicating all kittens are heterozygous (Ee). Hence, the curly ear trait must be dominant, as it represents the phenotype among all the kittens.

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