Chapter 13, Problem 4GP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The probability of a heterozygous surviving kitten.

Introduction:

Individuals in the population carry a specific set of alleles, known as genotype. The examples of genotype are homozygous and heterozygous. The phenotype of a plant depends on its genotype and it is the trait of the individual that can be observed. An allele is said to be dominant when its effect masks the effect of the recessive allele.