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in some species of raccoons long fur is dominant to short fur. Predict the outcome between 2 heterozygous raccoons

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A Punnett square that shows the possible genotypes of the offspring of two heterozygous raccoons:

L L

L LL Ll

L Ll ll

Since long fur is dominant to short fur in raccoons, a cross between two heterozygous raccoons (Ll x Ll) will produce offspring with the following genotypes and phenotypes:

Genotype: 1/4 LL (homozygous dominant), 1/2 Ll (heterozygous), and 1/4 ll (homozygous recessive)

Phenotype: 3/4 long fur and 1/4 short fur

So, This means that there is a 75% chance that any offspring of these two raccoons will have long fur, and a 25% chance that they will have short fur.

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