The inheritance of colour in domestic pigeons involves several genes. The dominance hierarchy of three colour alleles is ash-red > blue-black > brown (ZA > ZB > Zb ). These colours are carried on the Z sex chromosome. Unlike humans, female pigeons have two different sex chromosomes (Z and W) and males have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (ZZ). An ash-red male pigeon mated with a blue-black female pigeon. Is it possible to obtain a brown male pigeon? Answer (choose one from the picture ).

The inheritance of colour in domestic pigeons involves several genes. The dominance hierarchy of three colour alleles is ash-red > blue-black > brown (ZA > ZB > Zb ). These colours are carried on the Z sex chromosome. Unlike humans, female pigeons have two different sex chromosomes (Z and W) and males have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (ZZ). An ash-red male pigeon mated with a blue-black female pigeon. Is it possible to obtain a brown male pigeon? Answer (choose one from the picture ).

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Chapter19: Introduction To Genetics

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