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A population of red squirrelfish breeds and produce offspring, 75% are still red but 25% are yellow. This variation in the color of the squirrelfish can be explained by A) the presence of a mutagen in the environment that caused a color change. B) the rapid disappearance of the allele for red color in the fish population. Eliminate C) the presence of a recessive allele for yellow color that was masked by a dominant red color allele. D) the presence of an inhibitor protein that did not allow the allele for yellow color to produce visible results.

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according to mendel law of segregation when dominant charactered allele react with recessive allele then in F2 generation 75 % will be dominant and 25% will be recessive.
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the answer is c

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