Long-haired and short-haired rabbits
A rabbit breeder carried out the following breeding with six different rabbits. Here the results of the three crosses.
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Cross 3 |
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Which characteristic, long hair or short hair, is dominant? _______________
Give evidence for your answer.
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Using the letters H and h to represent hair length in rabbits, complete:
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The genotypes of the parent rabbits in Cross 3 are __________ and __________
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The punnet square to show Cross 1 is:
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The breeder wanted to establish a pure (true) breeding strain of short-haired rabbits.
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Which of the parent rabbits (numbered 1-6) would most likely be chosen?
Number _________
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The offspring of which cross (1, 2 or 3) would most likely be chosen?
Cross __________
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