A pure-breeding (or true-breeding) individual is homozygous for all genes of interest. From the following cross involving 5 independently assorting genes: Aa Bb cc Dd Ee   x     AA Bb Cc Dd ee what is the probability of obtaining a pure-breeding individual?

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A pure-breeding (or true-breeding) individual is homozygous for all genes of interest. From the following cross involving 5 independently assorting genes:

Aa Bb cc Dd Ee   x     AA Bb Cc Dd ee

what is the probability of obtaining a pure-breeding individual?

Enter your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandths place (for example...if the probability is "0.666666666" enter "0.667")

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