The two chickens below are bred together. Which of the following is a possible set of offspring for these parents? One red chicken, one white chicken, and three red/white chickens. Three red chickens and two white chickens. Five red/white chickens. All of the above are possible.

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Harper Walls

28 June, 04:04

The two chickens below are bred together. Which of the following is a possible set of offspring for these parents? One red chicken, one white chicken, and three red/white chickens. Three red chickens and two white chickens. Five red/white chickens. All of the above are possible.

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Alexandra Baxter · Answer 1

The provided question is incomplete as the cross in between parents, however the cross between in red and white bred parents.

Answer:

The correct answer is : five red/white chickens.

Explanation:

Parents should be homozygous for feather color, each offspring will inherit F from one of the parent, and the f allele from parent 2. So, every offspring will have the genotype F and f and will have white and red fathers.

Thus, the correct answer is : five red/white chickens.