A recessive allele in mice results in an unusually long neck. Sometimes,during early embryonic development, the long neck causesthe embryo to die. An experimenter began with a population oftrue-breeding mice with normal necks and true-breeding mice withlong necks. Crosses were made between these two populations toproduce an F1 generation of mice with normal necks. The F1 micewere then mated to each other to obtain an F2 generation. For themice that were born alive, the following data were obtained:522 mice with normal necks62 mice with long necksWhat percentage of homozygous mice (that would have had longnecks if they had survived) died during embryonic development?

A recessive allele in mice results in an unusually long neck. Sometimes,during early embryonic development, the long neck causesthe embryo to die. An experimenter began with a population oftrue-breeding mice with normal necks and true-breeding mice withlong necks. Crosses were made between these two populations toproduce an F1 generation of mice with normal necks. The F1 micewere then mated to each other to obtain an F2 generation. For themice that were born alive, the following data were obtained:522 mice with normal necks62 mice with long necksWhat percentage of homozygous mice (that would have had longnecks if they had survived) died during embryonic development?

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Chapter13: Patterns In Inherited Traits

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