Question

Chickens have ZZ-ZW sex determination. The bar-feathered phenotype in chickens results form a Z-linked allele that is dominant over the allele for nonbar feathers. If a barred female is crossed with a non-barred male, what will be the phenotypes of the progeny?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

`Females are ZW` and `males are ZZ`. Now if barred female is crossed with non-barred male then the following cross will occur. Let's represent dominant bar-feathered allele with Z and normal allele with z