Question

A group of hamsters were brown (BB). Another group were white boy. When the hamsters mated, the offspring the produced as a

brown. Explain this using Mendel's laws of inheritance and the Punnett souare above

Answer 1

Offspring with genotype Bb has two alleles B and b shared one by each parents thereby abiding by Mendel law of inheritance

Step-by-step explanation:

Genotype of parents

Brown hamsters - BB

white hamsters - bb

Gamete of BB -- B, B

Gamete of bb - b, b

BB *bb

Bb, Bb, Bb, Bb

All the four offspring are brown in color. This means that brown color trait is dominant over white color trait

Mendel law of inheritance states the offspring comprising two allele for any trait is constributed by the parents in equal share.

Here, offspring has genotype Bb, in which "B" allele is passed on by Brown hamster while b allele is passed on by white hamster.