Question

A foal from a red colored mother and a white colored father, has a light red coat. What are the likely genetics behind the foal’s coloration. What makes you think this?

Answer 1

Answer:

The likely genetics will be incomplete dominance for such a phenomenon.

Explanation:

Incomplete dominance occurs when the dominant allele is not fully or completely showing dominance over the recessive allele.

When parents with such alleles are crossed, the resulting offsprings will show a physical trait which is intermediate and different from both of the parents.

In the scenario discussed in the question, the red colored mother and the white colored father are producing offspring that have light red coat. This is because the red color is not completely dominant over the white color. Hence, an intermediate light red color is seen in the offspring.