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Midnight97:

Can I get some help

Midnight97:

In a group of cows, some individuals have solid coloring and others have white spots. In this group, the gene for the coat pattern trait has two alleles. The allele A is for solid coloring, and the allele a is for white spots. Flash, a cow from this group, has white spots. Flash has two alleles for white spots. Based on this information, what is Flash's phenotype for the coat pattern trait? no spots white spots aa Aa

snowie:

@toga

snowie:

@oliver69

XxDevilxX:

White spots is the recessive gene so if Flash as two alleles for white spots its genotype would be aa. However the question is asking for phenotype which is the characteristic that the gene codes for, therefore the phenotype would be white spots.

toga:

In a group of cows, there are some individuals that have a solid coloring and others that have white spots. This is due to the presence of two alleles of the gene that controls the coat pattern trait. The allele A is responsible for solid coloring, while the allele A is responsible for white spots. Flash, a cow from this group, has white spots. The information provided states that Flash has two alleles for white spots. This means that Flash is homozygous for the recessive allele a. Therefore, Flash's genotype for the coat pattern trait is aa. Since the expression of the trait is based on the genotype, we can infer that Flash's phenotype for the coat pattern trait is white spots. In other words, Flash's physical appearance shows white spots due to the presence of two copies of the recessive allele.

Midnight97:

Thank y'all

XxDevilxX:

toga explained it better than me lol

toga:

@midnight97 wrote:
Thank y'all
np just tag me if you need more help

snowie:

@xxdevilxx wrote:
toga explained it better than me lol
that's because she's a w

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