A farmer caught some wild pigs to use as founders for a domestic herd. The farmer wants all of her pigs to have one distinctive color. Most of the wild pigs are brown, but she catches a few with red hair and a few with black hair. The farmer plans to breed either the black-haired or the red-haired pigs to establish a pure-breeding herd (eliminating all other colors). Black hair (B) is dominant over brown (W). Black (B) and brown (W) are dominant over red (R). If the farmer wants her whole herd to reach its new color in as few generations as possible, should she breed for red-haired pigs, or should she breed for black-haired pigs? Why?

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Zane Stone

11 August, 08:43

A farmer caught some wild pigs to use as founders for a domestic herd. The farmer wants all of her pigs to have one distinctive color. Most of the wild pigs are brown, but she catches a few with red hair and a few with black hair. The farmer plans to breed either the black-haired or the red-haired pigs to establish a pure-breeding herd (eliminating all other colors). Black hair (B) is dominant over brown (W). Black (B) and brown (W) are dominant over red (R). If the farmer wants her whole herd to reach its new color in as few generations as possible, should she breed for red-haired pigs, or should she breed for black-haired pigs? Why?

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Zara Melendez · Answer 1

Answer: Breed for black-haired pigs

Step-by-step explanation:

Now according to the statement, the farmer catches wild pigs and mostly are brown.

Since black hair is dominant over brown and also black and brown are dominant over red, this implies that red is the least dominant color meaning if breeding occurs, there would be less chance of getting red colored pigs.

She wants to breed either black or red haired pigs and since black is more dominant so she should breed the black ones with the brown ones or with themselves so she would eventually get pure-breeding herd i. e. of black color.