In guinea pigs, two different genes affect the coat. One gene codes for coat color and there are 2 codominant alleles C1=Brown and C2=White. The heterozygous form is tan colored. The second gene codes for presence of hair with H=hairy (dominant) and h=hairless (recessive).   If we didn't know the genotypes of the parents, but mom is hairless and dad is tan haired, and the babies produced included brown, tan, white, and hairless, can you guess the genotypes of the parents? Show your work below (explain how you came up with the answers)

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1. In guinea pigs, two different genes affect the coat. One gene codes for coat color and there are 2 codominant alleles C1=Brown and C2=White. The heterozygous form is tan colored. The second gene codes for presence of hair with H=hairy (dominant) and h=hairless (recessive).

 

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