Suppose there's a gene that determines fur color in the Costa Rican Cow-of-Paradise. (Yes, I made this up.) If a cow with red fur mates with a cow with blue fur, all the little calves have purple fur. What can we say for sure about this gene?   Question 1 options:   It shows co-dominance   It isn't sorting independently   It's linked with another gene   It shows complete dominance   It has multiple alleles

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Suppose there's a gene that determines fur color in the Costa Rican Cow-of-Paradise. (Yes, I made this up.) If a cow with red fur mates with a cow with blue fur, all the little calves have purple fur. What can we say for sure about this gene?

 

Question 1 options:

 

It shows co-dominance

 

It isn't sorting independently

 

It's linked with another gene

 

It shows complete dominance

 

It has multiple alleles

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