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2) Fur length in the fuzzy wuzzy can be short, long or short-long. Short-long is marked by a pattern of alternating short and long strands of fur over the surface of the fuzzy wuzzy. Two short fuzzy wuzzies mate and produce all short fuzzy wuzzies. Two long fuzzy wuzzies mate and produce all long fuzzy wuzzies. Two short-longs mate and produce some shorts, some longs and some short-longs.

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Answer:

This is an example of co-dominance

Step-by-step explanation:

Although there isn't a question here, from looking online, I think I found the question which is

What is the inheritance?

  1. Incomplete dominance
  2. co-dominance
  3. complete dominance

Co dominance occurs when two alleles of a given trait are expressed equally. The clue we are given here that points us towards this is "Short-long is marked by a pattern of alternating short and long strands of fur over the surface of the fuzzy wuzzy."

This means both traits are expressed, giving an alternative phenotype of short long. Incomplete dominance might instead produce medium length fur.

Lets call the alleles L for long and l for short.

  • LL would be long
  • ll would be short
  • Ll would then be short-long.

We are told that Two long fuzzy wuzzies mate and produce all long fuzzy wuzzies. That is because LL x LL would produce all LL offpsring.

We are also told that two short fuzzy wuzzies mate and produce all short fuzzy wuzzies. That is because ll x ll would produce all ll offspring.

Two short-longs mate and produce some shorts, some longs and some short-longs. That is because Ll x Ll can produce LL, ll, and Ll.