Question

A population of rabbits follows the typical pattern of inheritance and the law of dominance for fur color. B is the allele for brown fur and b is the allele for white fur. In a population of rabbits, 160 bunnies are born. How many bunnies should be white, according to the Punnett square?

Answer 1

The law of dominance states that the recessive genes are always masked by the dominant genes.

The genes for brown fur will mask those for white fur.

If there are 160 bunnies then 120 of them have brown fur and 40 have white fur.

Thus, 40 bunnies should be white according to the Punnett square.

Answer 2

the correct answer is 40 bunnies.