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A farmer has a calf with half completely brown fur and half speckled brown fur. the mother has completely brown fur and the father has speckled fur. this would be an example of what type of inheritance? 

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The calf with half completely brown fur and half speckled brown fur from parents with solid brown and speckled fur respectively exhibits codominance, a type of genetic inheritance.

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A calf that has half completely brown fur and half speckled brown fur, with one parent having completely brown fur and the other parent having speckled fur, is an example of codominance. Codominance is a pattern of inheritance that corresponds to the equal, distinct, and simultaneous expression of two different alleles.

This means that the two different fur patterns (brown and speckled) are expressed at the same time in the offspring without blending, which is different from incomplete dominance where the offspring would have a blend of parental traits.

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