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If straight hair (S) is dominant over curly hair (s), can two horses with straight hair produce an offspring with curly hair? Explain your answer.

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Yes, if both horses are heterozygous (Ss) then they can produce a horse with curly hair. They each carry the recessive allele for curly hair and if they both pass this on to their offspring, it will have curly hair.

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rr would be curly or in this case, ss
If straight hair (S) is dominant over curly hair (s), can two horses with straight-example-1
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