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QUESTION 10 Orange coat color in cats is due to an X-linked allele (X) that is codominant with the allele for black coat color (X+). In a population of cats every male cat is either orange or black and females are either orange, black or tortoise shell (heterozygotes with genotype XOX+). In this population, 15% of the male cats are orange. What is the frequency of the orange allele (X) in this population? (Please round all answers for this question to 3 decimal places) Assuming this population is at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for coat color, what proportion of females would be predicted to have a tortoise shell coat? If a random male and random female in this population have kittens, what proportion of the offspring would be expected to be black females?

QUESTION 10 Orange coat color in cats is due to an X-linked allele (X) that is codominant with the allele for black coat color (X+). In a population of cats every male cat is either orange or black and females are either orange, black or tortoise shell (heterozygotes with genotype XOX+). In this population, 15% of the male cats are orange. What is the frequency of the orange allele (X) in this population? (Please round all answers for this question to 3 decimal places) Assuming this population is at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for coat color, what proportion of females would be predicted to have a tortoise shell coat? If a random male and random female in this population have kittens, what proportion of the offspring would be expected to be black females?

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QUESTION 10 Orange coat color in cats is due to an X-linked allele (X) that is codominant with the allele for black coat color (X). In a population of cats every male cat is either orange or black and females are either orange, black or tortoise shell (heterozygotes with genotype XOX+). In this population, 15% of the male cats are orange. What is the frequency of the orange allele (X) in this population? (Please round all answers for this question to 3 decimal places) Assuming this population is at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for coat color, what proportion of females would be predicted to have a tortoise shell coat? If a random male and random female in this population have kittens, what proportion of the offspring would be expected to be black females?
Transcribed Image Text:QUESTION 10 Orange coat color in cats is due to an X-linked allele (X) that is codominant with the allele for black coat color (X). In a population of cats every male cat is either orange or black and females are either orange, black or tortoise shell (heterozygotes with genotype XOX+). In this population, 15% of the male cats are orange. What is the frequency of the orange allele (X) in this population? (Please round all answers for this question to 3 decimal places) Assuming this population is at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for coat color, what proportion of females would be predicted to have a tortoise shell coat? If a random male and random female in this population have kittens, what proportion of the offspring would be expected to be black females?
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