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Julia saw a robin raising two blue jay chicks. Julia now thinks that it is possible for a robin to be a biological parent to blue jays. Is Julia's assumption correct?

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false since she doesn't have blue jay genes and she needs blue jay genes to actually be able to give birth to blue jays.
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No, it is not possible because a robin can only pass robin genes on to its offspring.

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