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In rats, coat color exhibits incomplete dominance. Yellow (Y) and white (W) rats are homozygous,while cream (YW) colored rats are heterozygous. If two cream-colored rats mate, what percentageof their offspring will be cream-colored?

In rats, coat color exhibits incomplete dominance. Yellow (Y) and white (W) rats are-example-1
User Rafael Rotelok
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The answer would be 50%.

If these two genotypes mate YW x YW the result would be

YY, YW, YW, WW. The percentage of the offspring would be:

YY- yellow 25%

YW- cream 50%

WW- white 25%

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