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In horses, black coloring (B) is dominant, and chestnut coloring (b) is recessive. What percentage of offspring are expected to be chestnut?

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This question is incomplete, the complete question is as follows:

- In horses, black coloring (B) is dominant, and chestnut coloring (b) is recessive. A homzygous black horse crosses with a chestnut horse.

What percentage of offspring are expected to be chestnut?

The answer is 0%

Step-by-step explanation:

This question involves a gene coding for color in horses. The allele for black coloring (B) is dominant over the allele for chestnut coloring (b) is recessive.

According to this question, if a homzygous black horse (BB) crosses with a chestnut horse (bb), the following gamete will be produced by each parent;

BB - B only

bb - b only

Using these gametes in a punnet square, the following proportion of offsprings will be produced:

Bb, Bb, Bb, Bb

All of these offsprings are phenotypically black colored although heterozygous in genotype. Hence, 0% of offspring are expected to be chestnut.

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