Question

You have observed two frantic foxes mating and producing 3 red offspring and 1 white offspring.

true/false: both parents are heterozygous for this trait

Answer 1

The given statement is false.

Two frantic foxes mate and produce 3 red offspring and 1 white offspring in two possible manner

Case I: When one of the parent is heterozygous (Rr) and other is homozygous recessive (rr).

Case II: When both the parents are heterozygus (Rr).