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In cattle, coats may be solid white, solid black, or black-and- white spotted. When true-breeding solid whites are mated with true-breeding solid blacks, the F1 generation consists of all solid white individuals. After many F1
12/16 solid white
3/16 black-and-white spotted
1/16 solid black
Explain the mode of inheritance governing coat color by determining how many gene pairs are involved and which genotypesyield which
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