Question

A father sheep has curly wool while a mother sheep has straight wool. Which of these statements explains why one of their baby lambs has curly wool?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its wool curly.

Answer 2

Answer:

This means that the baby sheep received the same set of genes as the father sheep giving it curly wool.

Explanation:

This means that the baby sheep received the same set of genes as the father sheep giving it curly wool.

OR if the baby sheep received a mixed set of genes , one from father , the other from mother , the gene of the father is dominant over the gene of the mother and it has given the baby sheep curly wool.

During fertilization the baby must have received the same set of genes as those of its father. If the baby has received a mixed set of genes then the genes of the father are dominant over the genes of the mother resulting in curly wool.

The fathers gene may be dominant due to environmental circumstances or other factors.