Offspring Fur Color Probability in Alien Species

What fur colors can the offspring of a black-furred alien and a pink-furred alien have?

A) Red, white, and black
B) Pink and white
C) Pink, red, and black
D) Pink, red, and white

Final answer:

Answer:

Offspring of a black-furred and a pink-furred alien in a species with co-dominance and a recessive allele can have pink, red, and white fur colors due to the combinations of the X, T, and W alleles.

Explanation:

In an alien species with co-dominant alleles X (red fur) and T (white fur), and a recessive allele W (black fur), when a black-furred alien (which must be WW) mates with a pink-furred alien (XT), the possible fur colors of their offspring can include red, pink, and black. The offspring can have the genotypes XT (pink fur, from inheriting X from the pink parent and T from the black parent), WT (white fur, since W is recessive and T co-dominant), and WX (red fur, since W is recessive and X co-dominant). Therefore, the correct answer is D) Pink, red, and white.

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