Parakeets can have white, blue, green or yellow feathers. Feather color in parakeets is determined by two different genes Y and B.  YYBB,  YYBb,  YyBB, or YyBb is green;  yyBB or yyBb is blue; YYbb or Yybb is yellow; and yybb is white. A yellow parakeet and a white parakeet were crossed. Over the years, they produced 25 offspring, 12 of which were white. What are the most likely genotypes for the two parent parakeets?   YyBb and Yybb   yyBB and yybb   yyBb and yyBb   Yybb and Yybb   Yybb and yybb

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Parakeets can have white, blue, green or yellow feathers. Feather color in parakeets is determined by two different genes Y and B.  YYBB,  YYBb,  YyBB, or YyBb is green;  yyBB or yyBb is blue; YYbb or Yybb is yellow; and yybb is white. A yellow parakeet and a white parakeet were crossed. Over the years, they produced 25 offspring, 12 of which were white. What are the most likely genotypes for the two parent parakeets?

  YyBb and Yybb

  yyBB and yybb

  yyBb and yyBb

  Yybb and Yybb

  Yybb and yybb

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