Whyte type canaries are yelllow. A dominant mutant allel of the color gene, designated W causes white feathers. Inheriting two dominant alleles is lethal to the embryo. If a yellow canary is crossed to a white canary, what is the probability that an offspring will be yellow? What is the probability that it will be white?

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Whyte type canaries are yelllow. A dominant mutant allel of the color gene, designated W causes white feathers. Inheriting two dominant alleles is lethal to the embryo. If a yellow canary is crossed to a white canary, what is the probability that an offspring will be yellow? What is the probability that it will be white? [ autosomal special condition]
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