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For a type of cat, short whiskers are dominant (S) and long whiskers arerecessive (s). The Punnett square below shows a cross between two cats.What is the phenotype ratio for this cross?O A. 0 short, 4 longO B. 4 short, O longO C. 2 short, 2 longO D. 3 short, 1 long

For a type of cat, short whiskers are dominant (S) and long whiskers arerecessive-example-1
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The cross of two cats with heterozygous traits for whiskers resulted to the following offspring:

SS - homozygous dominant for short whiskers - 25%

Ss -heterozygous for whiskers - 50%

ss - homozygous recessive for long whiskers - 25%

The probability of the offspring are 3 short and 1 long.

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