These little bunnies (A, B, and C) were born in the same litter to the same parents, but they have different traits for the feature of ear thickness. Bunny A has thick ears, bunny B has average ears, and bunny C has thin ears. How did these bunnies end up with ear thicknesses that are different from one another even though they have the same parents?

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Caitlin Mccarthy

2 June, 19:40

These little bunnies (A, B, and C) were born in the same litter to the same parents, but they have different traits for the feature of ear thickness. Bunny A has thick ears, bunny B has average ears, and bunny C has thin ears. How did these bunnies end up with ear thicknesses that are different from one another even though they have the same parents?

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Hadassah Duarte · Answer 1

Due to random assortment and incomplete dominance of alleles.

Explanation:

The bunnies end up with ear thicknesses that are different from one another due to random assortment of alleles during gamete formation according to Mendel.

In addition to random assortment, the allele for thick ear also displayed what is known as incomplete dominance over the allele for thin ear to arrive at an average ear thickness.