Question

In chickens, red feathers crossed with white feathers produce red and white spotted feathers. Cross a spotted-feathered chicken with a white-feathered chicken. (You definitely should make a Punnett Square) A) Is this codominance or incomplete dominance? B) What PERCENT will have spotted feathers? C) What PERCENT will have red feathers?

Answer 1

A) this is an example of codominance when in the heterozygous form both genes manifest

we'll say that F-red feathers; f-white feathers

B)50% will have spotted feathers

c)0% wil have red feathers