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In piranha, fish with large teeth represent the dominant trait. Because the dominant trait masks the recessive trait, in a population of 1,000 piranhas, all with large teeth, we could expect about ________of the next generation of fish to have small teeth.

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about 25 percent of the next generation of fish to have small teeth is the answer.
User Alexey Kukanov
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25% because if this breeding season comes and all of them are big teeth then the recessive trait will take in(we're learning that in biology)

In piranha, fish with large teeth represent the dominant trait. Because the dominant trait masks the recessive trait, in a population of 1,000 piranhas, all with large teeth, we could expect about ____25%____of the next generation of fish to have small teeth.
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