Tortoise shell cats can be explained as the offspring from a incomplete dominance cross. Incomplete dominance gives rise to an intermediate phenotype.
The scientific phenomenon that explains the color pattern is X-linked incomplete dominance.
- As stated earlier, the tortoise shell colour is as a result of incomplete dominance but as it exists only in females, the inheritance is X linked.
- This means the tortoise shell colour is inherited in the heterozygous condition as females have two X (XX) and males (XY) can only be either of the parent's true breeding genotype.
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Mutations are permanent changes in the DNA due to changes in nucleotide sequences. Mutations that cause addition of extra nucleotides in a nucleotide sequences are known as frameshift mutations
Lysozyme is an antimicrobial enzyme produced by animals that forms part of the innatr immune system.
The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured or tested in an experiment.
independent variable is the cause of a change in or effect on the dependent variable.
Taste bitter is not the defining characteristic of an acid.
<h3>What is the definition of acids?</h3>
Acids are a type of substance that is very present in our daily lives. For Chemistry, they are substances that release H+ ions in an aqueous solution, decreasing its pH.
In this case, is a characteristic of an acid the turn litmus red, reacts with bases to form salts and react with metals to form H2 gas.
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