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A cat is blinded in one eye in a fight. When the cat later sexually reproduces with another cat, how will the blindness affect the offspring

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Answer:

None of the offspring will inherit blindness from this cat, because it is not a genetic trait.

Step-by-step explanation:

Inheritable traits like eye color and hair texture are determined by genetics, instead of environmental factors, such as losing an eye in a fight. It's just like tattoos or a piercing. Because they are acquired characteristics, they can not be genetically passed down to offspring.

I hope that this helps!

User Rob Van Der Leek
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Not a genetic problem...
User Little Santi
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