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Introductory Animal Genetics
Animal Science 221

Law of Independent Assortment

In horses, an allele for white coat color, W, is epistatic to genotypes for the black and chestnut colors.

Also, WW is an embryonic lethal.

What is the phenotypic ratio expected in progeny at birth from the following matings:

Choose a mating:

WwEe x WwEe

WwEe x wwee

WwEe x wwEe

White

Black

Chestnut



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