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In rabbits, coat color is governed by four alleles: C for dark gray, Cch for chinchilla, Ch for himalayan, and c for white. Each individual rabbit inherits a combined total of _____ coat color allele(s) from its parents.

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In rabbits, coat color is governed by these four alleles:

C for dark gray,

Cch for chinchilla,

Ch for himalayan,

and c for white

In rabbits, each offspring inherit one allele from each parent , one from father and one from mother. So, each individual rabbit inherits a combined total of 2 coat color alleles from its parents.

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