A cross between a bird with blue feathers and a bird with white feathers produces offspring with silver feathers. The color of the birds is determined by only two alleles. Show a punnet square. 1 What are the genotypes of the parent birds? 2 What is the genotype of the bird with silver feathers? 3 Can you figure out the phenotypic ratios of the offspring of two birds with silver feathers?

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A cross between a bird with blue feathers and a bird with white feathers produces offspring with silver feathers. The color of the birds is determined by only two alleles. Show a punnet square.

  • 1
    What are the genotypes of the parent birds?
  • 2
    What is the genotype of the bird with silver feathers?
  • 3
    Can you figure out the phenotypic ratios of the offspring of two birds with silver feathers?
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