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Chapter 12, Problem 16RQ
A farmer raises black and white chickens. To his surprise, when the first generation of eggs hatch all the chickens are black with white speckles throughout their feathers. What should the farmer expect when the eggs laid after interbreeding the speckled chickens hatch?
- All the offspring will be speckled
- 75% of the offspring will be speckled, and 25% will be black
- 50% of the offspring will be speckled, 25% will be black, and 25% will be white
- 50% of the offspring will be black and 50% of the offspring will be white.
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